SEXUAL


Meaning of SEXUAL in English

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 ~ relationship I had had...

Men’s ~ fantasies often have little to do with their ~ desire.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

~ly

...~ly transmitted diseases...

How many kids in this school are ~ly active?

ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

2.

Sexual means relating to the differences between male and female people.

Women’s groups denounced ~ discrimination.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

~ly

If you’re ~ly harassed, you ought to do something about it.

ADV: ADV with v

3.

Sexual means relating to the differences between hetero~s and homo~s.

...couples of all ~ persuasions.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

4.

Sexual means relating to the biological process by which people and animals produce young.

Girls generally reach ~ maturity two years earlier than boys.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

~ly

The first organisms that reproduced ~ly were free-floating plankton.

ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

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