sexual intercourse
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈɪntərˌkɔrs/
- NSFW
- 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
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Watch on YouTubeShe 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
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7.8
Sex that involves a man's penis entering a woman's vagina
67
8.3
Sex between people
38
3.0
Physical acts between people, like touching or having sex, that give pleasure
38
3.4
Sex between people, for example in a romantic or casual relationship
25
3.7
Sexual activity between people, often intercourse
25
4.4
Sex between people to show love or affection
9
8.5
An act in which a man puts his penis into a woman's vagina
7
8.2
Sex in which a male inserts his penis into a female's vagina
3
7.5
To have sex with someone
2
8.3
Sex between people, usually meaning one person entering another, used in legal texts
2
3.1
Private actions between people that involve touching for pleasure
1
4.9
A male and female have sex to make babies
1
9.9
Sex when a man's penis goes into a woman's vagina
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'.