sexual intercourse
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈɪntərˌkɔrs/
- NSFW
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acto sexual
- And so we did not have sexual intercourse with each other until the first night of our marriage.
- consent to sexual intercourse
- unprotected sexual intercourse
- initiate sexual intercourse
She screamed out that sexual intercourse is the evil of the world.
- She screamed out that sexual intercourse is the evil of the world.
- Name the the first name of the last person that you had sexual intercourse with.
- What I mean by that is that man may only see cheating as sexual intercourse with another woman.
- Well, what about voluntary sexual intercourse?
- He's implying that nothing happened, when in fact, all he's saying is we didn't engage in sexual intercourse.
- I guess condoms, doing sexual intercourse.
Examples
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We ought to in fact have sexual intercourse, otherwise the species dies out, right?
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When was the last time you had sexual intercourse? Olefeeder asked.
Fiction book (2002) -
You want to have actual sexual intercourse, right?
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Are you guys having sexual intercourse?
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I want us to have sexual intercourse.
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Both women and men reported that they most often showed their consent to sexual intercourse by making no response.
Academic text (1999) -
When she had her first sexual intercourse, I wasn't there.
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Black women were also more likely to report having used condoms during their most recent sexual intercourse.
Academic text (2011) -
For the purposes of this study, sexual intercourse was defined exclusively as penile-vaginal intercourse.
Academic text (1999) -
They chose to wait until marriage to have sexual intercourse and share that intimate experience for the first time.
Synonyms
103
8.3
Sex between people
98
4.4
Sex between people to show love or affection
89
7.8
Sex that involves a man's penis entering a woman's vagina
62
3.4
Sex between people, for example in a romantic or casual relationship
31
3.0
Physical acts between people, like touching or having sex, that give pleasure
19
3.7
Sexual activity between people, often intercourse
8
8.2
Sex in which a male inserts his penis into a female's vagina
8
8.5
An act in which a man puts his penis into a woman's vagina
2
8.3
Sex between people, usually meaning one person entering another, used in legal texts
1
7.5
To have sex with someone
1
4.9
A male and female have sex to make babies
Sex when a man's penis goes into a woman's vagina
Private actions between people that involve touching for pleasure
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents — 'sexual' (pertaining to sex) and 'intercourse' (sexual activity) — directly combine to yield the overall meaning. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Sexual intercourse may come from older English where intercourse meant a 'meeting' or 'exchange' between people and sexual means 'about sex'. So the phrase came to mean the physical coming together to 'have sex'.