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{
"term": "sexual",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the physical activity of sex",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**sexual behaviour/activity/desire**"
},
{
"text": "**sexual acts/offences**"
},
{
"text": "**sexual abuse/assault/violence**"
},
{
"text": "They were not having a **sexual relationship** at the time."
},
{
"text": "He denied having had sexual relations with her."
},
{
"text": "She engaged frequently in casual sexual encounters."
},
{
"text": "The drop-in centres will provide a range of advice and support on sexual health."
},
{
"text": "Her interest in him is purely sexual."
},
{
"text": "**sexual orientation/identity** *(= whether you are , , , etc.)*"
},
{
"text": "a **sexual partner** *(= a person who you have sex with)*"
},
{
"text": "He has not threatened them, or made overtly sexual remarks."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with the process of producing young",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **sexual organs** *(= the , , etc.)*"
},
{
"text": "sexual reproduction"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "connected with the state of being male or female",
"examples": [
{
"text": "sexual characteristics"
},
{
"text": "sexual discrimination"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsekʃuəl/",
"audio": "se/sexual/sexual__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsekʃuəl/",
"audio": "se/sexual/sexual__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from late Latin sexualis, from Latin sexus ‘sex’."
}