Definitions for SEX
sɛksSEX

Princeton's WordNet(3.31 / 17 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity(noun)

   activities associated with sexual intercourse

   "they had sex in the back seat"

2. sex(noun)

   either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided

   "the war between the sexes"

3. sex, sexual urge(noun)

   all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses

   "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence"

4. sex, gender, sexuality(verb)

   the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles

   "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"

5. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up(verb)

   stimulate sexually

   "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

6. sex(verb)

   tell the sex (of young chickens)

Wiktionary(3.17 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sex(Noun)

   Either of two main divisions (either female or male) into which many organisms can be placed, according to reproductive function or organs.

   Etymology: 1382, from sexe, from sexus. Thought to be connected with seco, secare by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to section. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence).

2. sex(Noun)

   The distinguishing property, quality, or assemblage of properties by which organisms are classified as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions; the set of properties by which male is distinguished from female.

   Etymology: 1382, from sexe, from sexus. Thought to be connected with seco, secare by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to section. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence).

3. sex(Noun)

   Sexual intercourse; the act of sexual intercourse.

   Etymology: 1382, from sexe, from sexus. Thought to be connected with seco, secare by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to section. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence).

4. sex(Noun)

   Genitalia; a penis or vagina.

   Etymology: 1382, from sexe, from sexus. Thought to be connected with seco, secare by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to section. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence).

5. sex(Noun)

   Women; womankind.

   Etymology: 1382, from sexe, from sexus. Thought to be connected with seco, secare by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to section. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence).

6. sex(Verb)

   To determine the biological sex of an animal.

   It is not easy to sex lizards.

   Etymology: 1382, from sexe, from sexus. Thought to be connected with seco, secare by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to section. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence).

7. sex(Verb)

   To have sex with.

   Etymology: 1382, from sexe, from sexus. Thought to be connected with seco, secare by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. Akin to section. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence).

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sex(noun)

   the distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female

   Etymology: [L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.]

2. Sex(noun)

   one of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female

   Etymology: [L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.]

3. Sex(noun)

   the capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes

   Etymology: [L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.]

4. Sex(noun)

   one of the groups founded on this distinction

   Etymology: [L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.]

Freebase(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sex

   Sex is a coffee table book written by Madonna, with photographs taken by Steven Meisel Studio and film frames shot by Fabien Baron. The book was edited by Glenn O'Brien and was released on October 21, 1992, by Warner Books, Maverick and Callaway Books. Approached with an idea for a book on erotic photographs, Madonna expanded on the idea and conceived the book and its content. Shot in early 1992 in New York City and Miami, the locations ranged from hotels and burlesque theaters, to the streets of Miami. The photographs were even stolen before publishing, but were quickly recovered. The book had a range of influences – from punk rock to earlier fashion iconoclasts like Guy Bourdin and his surrealism, and Helmut Newton, in its stylized, sado-masochistic look. Sex has photographs that feature adult content and softcore pornographic as well as simulations of sexual acts, including sadomasochism and analingus. Madonna wrote the book as a character named "Mistress Dita", inspired by 1930s film actress Dita Parlo. It also includes cameos by actress Isabella Rossellini, rappers Big Daddy Kane and Vanilla Ice, model Naomi Campbell, gay porn star Joey Stefano, actor Udo Kier, socialite Tatiana von Fürstenberg, and nightclub owner Ingrid Casares.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Sex

   seks, n. the distinction between male and female: the characteristics by which an animal or plant is male or female, gender: the female sex, women generally, usually with the definite article.—adj. Sex′less, having no sex.—n. Sex′lessness.—adj. Sex′ūal, pertaining to sex: distinguished or founded on the sex: relating to the distinct organs of the sexes.—v.t. Sex′ūalise, to distinguish as sexed.—ns. Sex′ūalist, one who classifies plants according to the differences of the sexes; Sexūal′ity, state or quality of being sexual.—adv. Sex′ūally.—Sexual affinity, the instinctive attraction of one sex for another; Sexual organs, the organs of generation; Sexual selection, that province of natural selection in which sex comes into play. [Fr. sexe—L. sexus—secāre, to cut.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. SEX

   [Sun Users' Group & elsewhere] n. 1. Software EXchange. A technique invented by the blue-green algae hundreds of millions of years ago to speed up their evolution, which had been terribly slow up until then. Today, SEX parties are popular among hackers and others (of course, these are no longer limited to exchanges of genetic software). In general, SEX parties are a Good Thing, but unprotected SEX can propagate a virus. See also pubic directory. 2. The rather Freudian mnemonic often used for Sign EXtend, a machine instruction found in the PDP-11 and many other architectures. The RCA 1802 chip used in the early Elf and SuperElf personal computers had a ‘SEt X register’ SEX instruction, but this seems to have had little folkloric impact. The Data General instruction set also had SEX.DEC's engineers nearly got a PDP-11 assembler that used the SEX mnemonic out the door at one time, but (for once) marketing wasn't asleep and forced a change. That wasn't the last time this happened, either. The author of The Intel 8086 Primer, who was one of the original designers of the 8086, noted that there was originally a SEX instruction on that processor, too. He says that Intel management got cold feet and decreed that it be changed, and thus the instruction was renamed CBW and CWD (depending on what was being extended). Amusingly, the Intel 8048 (the microcontroller used in IBM PC keyboards) is also missing straight SEX but has logical-or and logical-and instructions ORL and ANL.The Motorola 6809, used in the Radio Shack Color Computer and in U.K.'s ‘Dragon 32’ personal computer, actually had an official SEX instruction; the 6502 in the Apple II with which it competed did not. British hackers thought this made perfect mythic sense; after all, it was commonly observed, you could (on some theoretical level) have sex with a dragon, but you can't have sex with an apple.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sex

   The totality of characteristics of reproductive structure, functions, PHENOTYPE, and GENOTYPE, differentiating the MALE from the FEMALE organism.

Editors Contribution(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sex

   Relating to a male or female.

   She was a different sex to her brother she knew it at a young age.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020  

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1. SEX

   What does SEX stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SEX acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SEX' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1245

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SEX' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1406

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SEX' in Nouns Frequency: #516

How to pronounce SEX?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say SEX in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SEX in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SEX in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of SEX in a Sentence

1. Victor Lownes:

   A promiscuous person is someone who is getting more sex than you are.

2. EMEASOBA GEORGE:

   Beyond measure i.e. to a very great extent true love, quality education, equal rights and justice are really all we need to make the world a better place. Yes! you heard me right, although money is needed. But, it's not paramount. I mean, money alone cannot and will never make the world a better place. Thus, let's give or showcase true love, sound education, equal rights and justice to all and sundry regardless of sex, race, religion, tribe or colour IMHO in my humble (honest) opinion. ~Emeasoba George

3. Abdel Fattah Alawari:

   Islam preaches freedom to slaves, not slavery. Slavery was the status quo when Islam came around, judaism, Christianity, Greek, Roman, and Persian civilizations all practiced it and took the females of their enemies as sex slaves. So Islam found this abhorrent practice and worked to gradually remove it.

4. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh:

   With increasing access to information technology and changing nature of our globalized economy, new threats for children are emerging - sex tourism, child pornography, online threats to children among others, to address these challenges comprehensively, within SAARC countries, we can all benefit from reinforcing regional cooperation and strengthening mechanisms for sharing of information, experience, expertise and good practices.

5. Aline Zoldbrod:

   Music and sex both tap into a very primitive part of your brain, and that’s why the two go so well together.

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