life cycle

1. 1.

   a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage

   Broaderorganic phenomenon
2. 2.

   the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced

   Broadergrowth

Questions about life cycle

What does life cycle mean?

life cycle means "a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is life cycle a common word?

life cycle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.