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{
"term": "sex",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the state of being male or female",
"sensetop": "sex of somebody/something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "How can you tell what sex a fish is?"
},
{
"text": "a process that enables couples to know the sex of their baby",
"contextForm": "sex of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "We determined the sex of the birds from their DNA."
},
{
"text": "Please indicate your sex and date of birth below."
},
{
"text": "Levels of infection vary dramatically according to age and sex."
},
{
"text": "discrimination on grounds of race or sex"
},
{
"text": "**sex discrimination** *(= the act of treating men and women differently in an unfair way)*"
},
{
"text": "Testosterone is the male sex hormone."
},
{
"text": "In some areas the male : female **sex ratio** has reached 130 : 100."
},
{
"text": "Trying to prove that **sex differences** in behaviour are innate is controversial."
},
{
"text": "discrimination on grounds of sex"
},
{
"text": "The word ‘man’ can refer to all humans, irrespective of sex."
},
{
"text": "Their gender identity does not match their biological sex at birth."
},
{
"text": "I wanted to change my sex."
},
{
"text": "issues of sex equality in the office"
},
{
"text": "The theory predicts sex differences in the brain."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["female", "male", "opposite"],
"verb + sex": ["determine", "change", "be attracted to"],
"sex + noun": ["change", "equality", "discrimination"],
"preposition": ["between the sexes"],
"phrases": [
"the battle of the sexes",
"equality between the sexes",
"equality of the sexes"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "either of the two groups that people, animals, and plants are divided into according to their function of producing young",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a member of **the opposite sex**"
},
{
"text": "people of the **same sex**"
},
{
"text": "**single-sex** schools"
},
{
"text": "differences **between the sexes**"
},
{
"text": "Exam results for **both sexes** have continued to improve."
},
{
"text": "Gibson was the first African American of **either sex** to play at Wimbledon."
},
{
"text": "the battle of the sexes *(= the competitive relationship that exists between men and women)*"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["female", "male", "opposite"],
"verb + sex": ["determine", "change", "be attracted to"],
"sex + noun": ["change", "equality", "discrimination"],
"preposition": ["between the sexes"],
"phrases": [
"the battle of the sexes",
"equality between the sexes",
"equality of the sexes"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "physical activity between two people in which they touch each other’s sexual organs, and which may include sexual intercourse",
"sensetop": "sex with somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He **had sex** with someone he met in a bar.",
"contextForm": "sex with somebody"
},
{
"text": "gay sex"
},
{
"text": "the sex act"
},
{
"text": "a footballer involved in a **sex scandal**"
},
{
"text": "victims of **sex abuse**"
},
{
"text": "**sex education** in schools"
},
{
"text": "a controversial film containing explicit **sex scenes**"
},
{
"text": "a **sex shop** *(= one selling magazines, objects, etc. that are connected with sex)*"
},
{
"text": "These drugs may affect your **sex drive** *(= your interest in sex and the ability to have it)*."
},
{
"text": "Amid such poverty, the **sex trade** has flourished."
},
{
"text": "The slogan for the hippie generation of the 1960s was **sex, drugs and rock and roll**."
},
{
"text": "sex between consenting adults"
},
{
"text": "sex with her husband"
},
{
"text": "They teach that sex outside of marriage is wrong."
},
{
"text": "I have had several sex partners over the years."
},
{
"text": "safer sex practices"
},
{
"text": "Sex sells, the advertisers believe."
},
{
"text": "Movies containing scenes of explicit sex are banned."
},
{
"text": "He was convicted of having unlawful sex with an underage girl."
},
{
"text": "to crack down on international sex trafficking"
},
{
"text": "He was arrested for sex crimes."
},
{
"text": "The film featured graphic scenes of sex and violence."
},
{
"text": "It's important to abstain from sex until treatment is completed."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["anal", "oral", "penetrative"],
"verb + sex": ["engage in", "have", "consent to"],
"sex + noun": ["life", "drive", "urge"],
"preposition": ["sex between", "sex with"],
"phrases": [
"sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll",
"sex and violence",
"sex outside of marriage"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "having the amount of sexual activity or desire mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a highly-sexed person"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/seks/",
"audio": "se/sex/sex__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/seks/",
"audio": "se/sex/sex__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the two categories, male and female): from Old French sexe or Latin sexus."
}