transcription, транскрипция: [ sekʃuəl ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Sexual feelings or activities are connected with the act of sex or with people’s desire for sex.
This was the first sexual relationship I had had...
Men’s sexual fantasies often have little to do with their sexual desire.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• sex‧ual‧ly
...sexually transmitted diseases...
How many kids in this school are sexually active?
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj
2.
Sexual means relating to the differences between male and female people.
Women’s groups denounced sexual discrimination.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• sex‧ual‧ly
If you’re sexually harassed, you ought to do something about it.
ADV : ADV with v
3.
Sexual means relating to the differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals.
...couples of all sexual persuasions.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
4.
Sexual means relating to the biological process by which people and animals produce young.
Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• sex‧ual‧ly
The first organisms that reproduced sexually were free-floating plankton.
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj