cyclical

4 definitions • 9 examples

Cyclical events happen in a particular order, one following the other, and are often repeated:

Changes in the economy have followed a cyclical pattern.

happening as a complete set of events that repeat themselves regularly in the same order or in a regularly repeated period of time:

Changes in the economy often follow a cyclical pattern.

used to describe an event that is part of a group of events that happen in a particular order, one following the other, and that are often repeated:

a cyclical dip/low

(a) cyclical decline/downturn/slowdown The retail diamond market has gone into cyclical downturn.

a cyclical high/peak/recovery

a cyclical boom/upswing/upturn

cyclical developments/factors The increased mobility of capital has also made exchange rates more sensitive to cyclical developments.

having a regular pattern of successful periods or increases followed by less successful periods or reductions:

Prices are great now, but we have all seen market prices collapse, and we know that markets are cyclical.

Real estate is a cyclical business.