SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Meaning of SAME-SEX MARRIAGE in English

ˌsame-sex ˈmarriage BrE AmE noun [countable]

a marriage between two men or two women

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

MARRIAGE — A woman becomes lawful for a man by contracting marriage. There are two kinds of marriages: (i) Permanent marriage and …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — I Legally and socially sanctioned union, usually between a man and a woman, that is regulated by laws, rules, customs, …
Английский словарь Британика
SEX — I. ˈseks noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Latin sexus; probably akin to Latin secare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAME — I. ˈsām adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse samr, sami; akin to Old English ( swā ) same likewise, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEX — /seks/ , n. 1. either the male or female division of a species, esp. as differentiated with reference to the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAME — /saym/ , adj. 1. identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — /mar"ij/ , n. 1. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEX — v. identify the sex of, determine sex of something; excite, arouse the sexual desires; turn on, arouse in a sexual …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SEX — I. ˈseks noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin sexus Date: 14th century 1. : either of the two major forms …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAME — I. ˈsām adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse samr; akin to Old High German sama same, Latin simulis like, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARRIAGE — noun Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : the state …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEX — noun one of the groups founded on this distinction. 2. sex ·noun one of the two divisions of organic beings …
Webster English vocab
MARRIAGE — vt any intimate or close union. 2. marriage ·vt the marriage vow or contract. 3. marriage ·vt a feast made …
Webster English vocab
SEX — [sex] n [ME, fr. L sexus] (14c) 1: either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAME — [same] adj [ME, fr. ON samr; akin to OHG sama same, L simulis like, simul together, at the same time, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEX — the sum of features by which members of species can be divided into two groupsmale and femalethat complement each other …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEX — sex BrE AmE seks ▷ sexed sekst (= sext) ▷ sexes ˈseks ɪz -əz ▷ sexing ˈseks ɪŋ ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEX — / seks; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , C ] the state of being male …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAME — / seɪm; NAmE / adjective , pronoun , adverb ■ adjective 1. exactly the one or ones referred to or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — / ˈmærɪdʒ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the legal relationship between a husband and wife : a happy …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEX — I. sex 1 S1 W2 AC /seks/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ sex , ↑ sexism …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAME — I. same 1 S1 W1 /seɪm/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MARRIAGE — mar ‧ riage S2 W2 /ˈmærɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ marry , ↑ remarry ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEX — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 either of the main divisions (male and female) into which living things are placed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAME — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 (often prec. by the) identical; not different; unchanged (everyone was looking in the same …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARRIAGE — n. 1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEX — n., adj., & v. n. 1 either of the main divisions (male and female) into which living things are placed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAME — adj., pron., & adv. adj. 1 (often prec. by the) identical; not different; unchanged (everyone was looking in the same …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — n. 1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEX — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. either of the main divisions (male and female) into which living things are placed …
Oxford English vocab
SAME — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1. (often prec. by the) identical; not different; unchanged (everyone was looking in the same …
Oxford English vocab
MARRIAGE — n.1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have children. …
Oxford English vocab
SEX — ( sexes, sexing, sexed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAME — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If two or more things, actions, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — ( marriages) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A marriage is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEX — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sex crime (= in which someone is sexually attacked ) a sex scandal …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAME — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES along the same lines (= in the same way ) ▪ We were both thinking …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARRIAGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a marriage certificate ▪ He found a copy of his parents' marriage certificate. a marriage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAME — (NOT ANOTHER) [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - not another different oneMy brother and I sleep in the same room.Our …
Cambridge English vocab
MARRIAGE — [noun] - a legally accepted relationship between a woman and a man in which they live as husband and wife, …
Cambridge English vocab
MARRIAGE — n. Legally and socially sanctioned union, usually between a man and a woman, that is regulated by laws, rules, customs, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SAME — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, actual thing, aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid, alike, all one, all the same, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAME — See: AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE SAME, or JUST THE SAME, IN THE SAME BREATH, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE …
Slang English vocab
SAME — adj. Function: adjective 1 being one rather than another or more FF1C; went to the same hotel each summer FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SEX — noun 1 male or female ADJECTIVE ▪ female , male ▪ opposite ▪ At that age they can start becoming …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MARRIAGE — noun 1 state of being married ADJECTIVE ▪ good , happy , successful ▪ broken , disastrous , failed , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SEX — INDEX: relating to being male or female 1. male or female 2. places for people of both sexes 3. for …
Longman Activator English vocab
SEX — See ↑ SEX 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ casual sex • ↑ have sex
Longman Activator English vocab
SAME — INDEX: 1. the same one 2. exactly like someone or something 3. the same in amount or number 4. the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SAME — • ↑ be the same • ↑ it makes no difference to me/it doesn't bother me/it's all the same to …
Longman Activator English vocab
SEX — n. 25B6; noun they talked about sex : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, intercourse, lovemaking, making love, sex act, (sexual) relations; mating, copulation; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAME — adj. 25B6; adjective we stayed at the same hotel : IDENTICAL, selfsame, very same, one and the same. they had …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MARRIAGE — n. 25B6; noun a proposal of marriage : (HOLY) MATRIMONY, wedlock. the marriage took place at St Margaret's : WEDDING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEX — /seks/ [Sun Users' Group & elsewhere] 1. Software EXchange. A technique invented by the blue-green algae hundreds of millions of …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SEX — n. 1 gender It is difficult to determine the sex of some of the lower animals 2 sexual intercourse or …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SAME — adj. 1 identical, exact (same), selfsame; very When I said they were wearing the same dress I meant that they …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SAME — See: AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE SAME, or JUST THE SAME, IN THE SAME BREATH, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE …
Словарь английских идиом
MARRIAGE — â Its origin and history .-The institution of marriage dates from the time of man's original creation. (Genesis 2:18-25) From …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SEX — [Sun Users' Group & elsewhere] n. 1. Software EXchange. A technique invented by the blue-green algae hundreds of millions of …
Jargon File English vocabulary
SAME — I adverb BAD : I'd like to visit Vietnam and Malaysia one day, as same as you. GOOD : I'd …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SEX — сущ. 1) биол. пол the fair, weaker sex ≈ прекрасный пол, женщины the female sex ≈ женский пол the male …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAME — I 1. мест.; указ. (как прил.) тот (же) самый; одинаковый, равный; равносильный, тождественный, идентичный The same causes produce the same …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARRIAGE — сущ. 1) брак, супружество; замужество; женитьба to announce a marriage ≈ объявлять о решении вступить в брак to annul a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEX — sex.ogg 1. seks n 1> пол male female sex - мужской женский пол without distinction of age or sex - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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