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sex
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sex (plural sexes)
- (countable) Either of two main divisions (either male or female) into which many organisms can be placed, according to reproductive function or organs.
- What sex is that hamster?
- (with definite article, dated) Women, womankind.
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- 1759: unless it was with his sister-in-law, my father"s wife and my mother,——my uncle Toby scarce exchanged three words with the sex in as many years — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 60)
- 1913: He disliked and distrusted the sex, but he was always a chivalrous opponent. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Dying Detective’ (Norton 2005, p.1342)
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- (uncountable) The act of sexual intercourse.
- All you ever think about is sex.
- (euphemism) Genitalia; a penis or vagina.
Synonyms:
- (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs): gender, sexuality
- (sexual intercourse): sexual intercourse; see also sexual intercourse
3 letters in word "sex": E S X.
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