sexual
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈsekʃuəl/
/ˈsekʃuəl/
- sexual behaviour/activity/desire
- sexual abuse/assault/violence
- sexual acts/offences
- They were not having a sexual relationship at the time.
- He denied having had sexual relations with her.
- She engaged frequently in casual sexual encounters.
- The drop-in centres will provide a range of advice and support on sexual health.
- Her interest in him is purely sexual.
- sexual orientation/identity (= whether you are heterosexual, gay or bisexual)
- a sexual partner (= a person who you have sex with)
- He has not threatened them, or made overtly sexual remarks.
- [only before noun] connected with the process of producing young
- the sexual organs (= the penis, vagina, etc.)
- sexual reproduction
- [usually before noun] connected with the state of being male or female
- sexual characteristics
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from late Latin sexualis, from Latin sexus ‘sex’.