Definitions for Sex
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 17 votes

1. sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activitynoun

   activities associated with sexual intercourse

   "they had sex in the back seat"

2. sexnoun

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

   "the war between the sexes"

3. sex, sexual urgenoun

   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, sexualityverb

   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 upverb

   stimulate sexually

   "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

6. sexverb

   tell the sex (of young chickens)

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.4 / 8 votes

1. sexnoun

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

2. sexnoun

   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.

3. sexnoun

   Sexual intercourse; the act of sexual intercourse.

4. sexnoun

   Genitalia; a penis or vagina.

5. sexnoun

   Women; womankind.

6. sexverb

   To determine the biological sex of an animal.

   It is not easy to sex lizards.

7. sexverb

   To have sex with.

8. 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).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sexnoun

   Etymology: sexe, French; sexus, Latin.

   1. The property by which any animal is male or female.

   These two great sexes animate the world. John Milton.

   Under his forming hands a creature grew,
   Manlike, but different sex. John Milton.

   2. Womankind; by way of emphasis.

   Unhappy sex! whose beauty is your snare;
   Expos’d to trials; made too frail to bear. Dryd.

   Shame is hard to be overcome; but if the sex once get the better of it, it gives them afterwards no more trouble. Samuel Garth.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sex

   Sex is a trait that determines an individual's reproductive function, male or female, in animals and plants that propagate their species through sexual reproduction. The type of gametes produced by an organism define its sex. Commonly in plants and animals, male organisms produce smaller gametes (spermatozoa, sperm) while female organisms produce larger gametes (ova, often called egg cells). Organisms that produce both types of gametes are called hermaphrodites. During sexual reproduction, male and female gametes fuse to form zygotes that develop into offspring that inherit a selection of the traits of each parent. Males and females of a species may be similar (sexual monomorphism), or have physical differences (sexual dimorphism). The differences reflect the different reproductive pressures the sexes experience. For instance, mate choice and sexual selection can accelerate the evolution of physical differences between the sexes. The terms male and female typically do not apply in sexually undifferentiated species in which the individuals are isomorphic (look the same) and the gametes are isogamous (indistinguishable in size and shape), such as the green alga Ulva lactuca. If there are instead functional differences between gametes, such as in fungi, they may be referred to as mating types.Sex is genetically determined in most mammals by the XY sex-determination system, where male mammals carry an X and a Y chromosome (XY), whereas female mammals carry two X chromosomes (XX). Other chromosomal sex-determination systems in animals include the ZW system in birds, and the X0 system in insects. Various environmental systems include temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles and crustaceans.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sex

   Sex is a biological concept that refers to the physical attributes that distinguish individuals as male or female. It is determined by genetic and anatomical characteristics, including reproductive organs, chromosomes, and secondary sexual characteristics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Sexnoun

   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

2. Sexnoun

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

3. Sexnoun

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

4. Sexnoun

   one of the groups founded on this distinction

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

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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 MedicineRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. Sex

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

Editors ContributionRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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  

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SEX

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

EntomologyRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Sex

   as a number, six: the physical difference between male and female: usually indicated by the sign of Mars (?) for male, and Venus (?) for female; workers or undeveloped females have the sign of Venus without the cross line, or a combination of the two others.

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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

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Eric Lustbader:

   Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just not true. In one important way, at least, men are the passive sex. Given a choice, they will always opt for the status quo. They hate change of any kind, and they fight against it constantly. On the other hand, what women want is stability, which when you stop to think about it is a very different animal.

2. Thietmar of Merseburg:

   Though [Theophanu] was of the weak sex she possessed moderation, trustworthiness, and good manners. In this way she protected with male vigilance the royal power for her son, friendly with all those who were honest, but with terrifying superiority against rebels.

3. Jennifer Braceras:

   Title IX protects single-sex sports, and any time you allow a male athlete to take a spot away from a female athlete, you are a school that is violating Title IX.

4. Chaplain Modder:

   His five page letter of complaint was unconscionable, he said I had a behavioral pattern of being anti-discriminatory of same sex orientation.

5. Amy Loper:

   You had a really rotten day, but lucky for you your best friend is having an awesome party later. You go to the party and start drinking. You have a little too much to drink and start talking to this girl/guy you’ve never seen before. You head upstairs to better acquainted despite several friends telling you that you don’t even know this person. You end up having sex with this person. The next day you really can’t remember everything that happened and rely on your best friend to fill you in. A week later you find out that you contracted herpes from your one night stand and that this is a disease you will have all your life and never known when an outbreak will occur.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sex
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sex
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Sex
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sex
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Sex
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Sex
9. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Sex
10. ^ Entomology
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=Sex