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Third Person
recycles
Present Participle
recycling
Past Tense
recycled
Past Participle
recycled
1
to make a waste product usable again
transitive
- Recycling paper involves collecting and processing used paper products to make new paper.
- Many communities encourage residents to recycle plastic bottles to reduce environmental pollution.
- Composting is a method of recycling organic waste to create nutrient-rich soil for gardening.
- Electronic waste can be recycled to recover valuable materials and reduce electronic waste pollution.
2
to restart or repeat a process, sequence, or event
transitive
- The company aims to recycle its successful marketing campaign from last year.
- The teacher decided to recycle the lesson plans from a previous semester.
- The city council decided to recycle a traffic management plan that had been implemented during a previous busy period.
- The choreographer recycled certain dance routines from previous performances.