I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sex crime (= in which someone is sexually attacked )
a sex scandal
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There are rumours of a sex scandal involving senior government ministers.
a sex/drug/terrorist etc offence
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Thirty-three people were charged with drug offences.
a sex/rape fiend (= one who commits very unpleasant sex attacks )
casual sex
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John just wanted casual sex .
fair sex
have phone sex
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She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex .
oral sex
phone sex
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She claimed the relationship consisted mainly of him calling her up to have phone sex .
safe sex
sex appeal
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She’s young and pretty and full of sex appeal.
sex attacker
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a sex attacker
sex before/outside marriage
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Her religious beliefs prevented sex before marriage.
sex bias
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She has taken out a lawsuit against her employer, accusing them of sex bias.
sex change
sex discrimination
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She is suing the company for sex discrimination.
sex drive
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The treatment will not affect your sex drive .
sex drive
sex education
sex industry
sex life
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an active and fulfilling sex life
sex maniac
sex object
sex offender
sex organ
sex shop
sex symbol
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Hollywood’s newest sex symbol
sex tourism
sex worker
sex/gender differences (= between men and women )
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gender differences in levels of criminality
sex/sexual discrimination ( also gender discrimination formal )
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She claimed she’d been the victim of sex discrimination.
sexual/reproductive/sex organs
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the male and female sexual organs
weaker sex
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
opposite
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Many siblings quarrel and fight particularly if they are of opposite sexes .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
penetrative sex
power-mad/money-mad/sex-mad etc
religious/sex maniac
sex toy
social/personal/sex etc life
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Full of character, Paxos has an easy social life , ideal for people on holiday by themselves.
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He considered her sound as a bell in most ways, apart from this mad preoccupation with Nicandra's social life .
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He frequently attempted to deflect criticism of his administration and personal life by characterizing such allegations as the product of white racism.
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He would state all these things and would add that Citizen Oswald takes no part in the social life of the shop.
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She didn't have many friends and not much of a social life .
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The next programme started - an analysis of political and social life in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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The social life of the island was in disarray.
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They are active shoppers and visibly social, using their social life to forward their careers.
the battle of the sexes
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Plants do not escape the battle of the sexes.
the fair sex
the opposite sex
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He's very nervous around members of the opposite sex.
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The magazine article's title was "How to become irresistible to the opposite sex."
the weaker sex
unprotected sex
unsafe sex
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a refreshing and unusual approach to sex education
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Are the twins the same sex ?
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Eating disorders affect people of both sexes, not just girls.
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I don't want my kids seeing all that sex and violence on TV.
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Most women are confronted by sex discrimination at some time in their working lives.
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Rupert has never shown much interest in members of the opposite sex .
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She had no interest in sex after the baby was born.
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Should students be taught about sex in elementary school?
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Some people ignore advice about safe sex and do not wear condoms.
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The test can be used to determine a baby's sex before it is born.
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You can now find out your baby's sex before it is born.
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You have to put your name, age, and sex on the form.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Husbands who feel insecure about their masculinity, or wives about their femininity, are especially vulnerable to extra-marital sex .
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Many staff feel uneasy with subjects such as sex education.
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Propaganda buys direct from London and sells clothes and shoes for club-ing for both sexes.
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Unlike many other societies, including our own, Chewong ideas about human nature are truly applicable to both sexes.
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We recruit, train and manage our employees regardless of sex , ethnic origin or religion.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adult males have a humped forehead and longer fin extensions, but there is no obvious way of sexing smaller individuals.