virginityvir‧gin‧i‧ty /vɜːˈdʒɪnəti $ vɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- And so it was I lost my worthless virginity.
- Did she wear her virginity like a name-badge at a conference?
- Men must have their chastity and virginity even if it is make belief and at the cost of women's health.
- Not that she wanted to lose her virginity - nothing as drastic as that!
- She heard readings from Hilton's Scale of perfection, from which she may have absorbed her preoccupation with virginity.
- The idea of television against reductionism recalls the adage about fighting for peace, and the equivalent activity for virginity.
- They were selected for their beauty and were rarely chosen after the age of eight-to ensure their virginity.
Longman Language Activatorto have sex with someone► have sex
Collocations · Teenagers should be taught to think carefully before having sex.have sex with · Would you have sex with someone on your first date?· He's never had sex with anyone but his wife.
► sex the act of having sex with someone: · She had no interest in sex after the baby was born.safe sex (=methods of protecting yourself against sexual disease while you are having sex): · Some people ignore advice about safe sex and do not wear condoms.sex education (=teaching young people about sex): · a refreshing and unusual approach to sex education
► make love if two people make love , they have sex because they like or love each other: · All day they made love on the unmade bed.make love with/to: · She thought about Tom Cruise every time she made love with her boyfriend.
► sleep with somebody/sleep together to have sex with someone you are not married to, especially regularly and over a period of time: · She's been sleeping with this guy Mark since the summer.· When did you first find out that Betty and your husband were sleeping together?
► go to bed to have sex with someone on one occasion, especially because they ask you or persuade you to do so: · I remember the first time we went to bed.go to bed with: · He said he'd give me the job if I went to bed with him.
► have (sexual) intercourse formal to have sex with someone - used especially in medical or legal contexts: · The doctor asked him when he had last had intercourse.· You are strongly advised to wear a condom while having sexual intercourse.have (sexual) intercourse with: · The victim later claimed that her attacker forced her to have sexual intercourse with him.
► shag especially British, informal to have sex with someone - used especially humorously: · To hear him talk, you'd think he's shagged every woman in town!· All she ever thinks about is shagging.
► bonk British informal to have sex with someone - used humorously: · They said she'd bonked every man in college.· My mother walked in and caught us bonking.
► lose your virginity to have sex for the first time in your life: · I lost my virginity at the age of seventeen.lose your virginity to: · She had lost her virginity to a law student while at university.
► mate if birds or animals mate , they have sex in order to produce babies: · The birds mate in April and the eggs are hatched by June.a mating call/dance/ritual (=something an animal does when it wants to mate): · Two pigeons performed an elaborate and very noisy mating dance.the mating season/period (=the time of year when animals mate): · During the mating season, foxes become much more vocal.
► sexual relations formal when you have sex with someone - used especially in legal contexts: · Love has nothing to do with sexual relations.sexual relations between: · In most cultures, sexual relations between adults and children are totally unacceptable.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► lose your virginity
the condition of never having had sexlose your virginity (=have sex for the first time) (=have sex for the first time)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► lose· I am 26 and have just lost my virginity after a year-long relationship.· She said she wanted to lose her virginity and she picked me.· Not that she wanted to lose her virginity - nothing as drastic as that!· You could lose your virginity riding in one of those.· In the three years covered by the book he loses his virginity, his father and, briefly, his mind.· I didn't lose my virginity until I was 19 or 20.· And so it was I lost my worthless virginity.