recycle
recycle Lexical Profile
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• verb
To convert waste materials into reusable objects or raw material to prevent waste and reduce the consumption of fresh resources.
"Our municipality encourages residents to recycle glass bottles, aluminum cans, and cardboard."
To use, adapt, or present again (especially of ideas, jokes, or creative material) without significant alteration.
"The screenwriter was criticized for tending to recycle familiar plotlines from earlier films."
• noun
The act or process of passing a substance or material through a system or cycle again for further treatment or use.
"The chemical plant relies on a continuous recycle of unreacted gases to maximize efficiency."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the 1920s from the prefix 're-' (again) and 'cycle' (from Ancient Greek 'kyklos', meaning circle or wheel), originally used in petroleum refining and industrial chemistry before gaining widespread environmental use in the 1960s and 1970s.