Word Frequency
sex (sɛks
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Definitions
noun
- the sum of the characteristics that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive function
- either of the two categories, male or female, into which organisms are placed on this basis
- short for sexual intercourse
- feelings or behaviour resulting from the urge to gratify the sexual instinct
- sexual matters in general
modifier
- of or concerning sexual matters ⇒
sex education
,sex hygiene
- based on or arising from the difference between the sexes ⇒
sex discrimination
verb
- tr to ascertain the sex of
Word Origin
C14: from Latin sexus; compare secāre to divideSynonyms
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= lovemaking, sexual relations, copulation, the other, fucking, screwing, intimacy, going to bed (with someone), shagging, nookie, fornication, coitus, rumpy-pumpy, legover, coition, rumpo, cybersex
Quotations including 'sex'
"The pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable"
"When I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs, and think of England"
"Sex is what you can get. For some people, most people, it's the most important thing they can get without being born rich or smart or stealing"
"Sexual intercourse beganIn nineteen sixty-three(Which was rather late for me) -Between the end of the `Chatterley' banAnd the Beatles' first LP"
"Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles"
"Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right"
"That [sex] was the most fun I ever had without laughing"
"My mother used to say, Delia, if S-E-X ever rears its ugly head, close your eyes before you see the rest of it"
"It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses"
"While we have sex in the mind, we truly have none in the body"
"There is more difference within the sexes than between them"
Translations for 'sex'
- British English: sex The sexes are the two groups, male and female, into which people and animals are divided.This movie appeals to both sexes.sɛks NOUN
- Arabic: جِنْس
- Brazilian Portuguese: sexo
- Chinese: 性别
- Croatian: spol
- Czech: pohlaví
- Danish: køn
- Dutch: sekse
- European Spanish: sexo
- Finnish: sukupuoli
- French: sexe
- German: Geschlecht
- Greek: φύλο
- Italian: sesso
- Japanese: 性別
- Korean: 성
- Norwegian: sex
- Polish: płeć
- Portuguese: sexo
- Romanian: sex sexe
- Russian: полсовокупность признаков, связанных с размножением
- Spanish: sexo
- Swedish: kön
- Thai: เพศ
- Turkish: cinsiyetseks
- Ukrainian: стать
- Vietnamese: giới tính
Example Sentences Including 'sex'
But the expression on the Fat Man's face suggested he had slaughter rather than sex on his mind.CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
It accused ministers of breaking pledges that no-one convicted of'serious ' or sex offences would be let out early.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Many of the women were forced into the sex industry to pay for their passage.CHAMELEON (2002)
She also took advantage of the offer of a body double for the explicit sex scenes.Glasgow Herald (2001)
She says she has learned all she knows about sex from the Internet.Irish Times (2002)
The exploits of Sky Heroes and mythic beings create the patterns of behaviour by which men and women conduct their sex lives.ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)
Then initiate sex consider the ball (or, in your case, balls) in your court.Maxim (2004)
We also need to reconsider our attitudes to contraception and sex education, and examine the role of alcohol in crisis pregnancy.Irish Times (2002)
Wilshere moved down the bench, put his arm all the way around her, his warm dry palm cupped her shoulder -- no sex , avuncular now.THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
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