Meanings
verbprecycle (third-person singular simple present precycles, present participle precycling, simple past and past participle precycled)
present singular third person precycles · participle present precycling · participle past precycled · past precycled
- To avoid the need to recycle, for example by not using prepackaging.
Recyling is good, but precycling - cutting out packaging in the first place and buying only what you need - is better.
2008 October 30, Tanis Taylor, “Waste Not, Want Not”, in The Guardian
Origin
From pre- + cycle, modelled on recycle.
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precycle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precycle
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precycle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precycle.
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