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noun
- 1. sexual contact between individuals involving penetration, especially the insertion of a man's erect penis into a woman's vagina, typically culminating in orgasm and the ejaculation of semen.
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a sex act that involves penetration of one person’s vagina, anus, or mouth by another person for the sexual gratification of one or both parties.
The meaning of SEXUAL INTERCOURSE is heterosexual intercourse involving penetration of the vagina by the penis : coitus.
noun. /ˌsekʃuəl ˈɪntəkɔːs/ /ˌsekʃuəl ˈɪntərkɔːrs/ (also intercourse) [uncountable] (formal) the physical activity of sex. This term is usually used to refer to sex in which a man puts his penis inside a woman’s vagina. synonym coitus. He denied having had sexual intercourse with her. Extra Examples. Take your English to the next level.
sexual intercourse, reproductive act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals) enters the female reproductive tract. If the reproductive act is complete, sperm cells are passed from the male body into the female, in the process fertilizing the female’s egg and forming a new organism.
the act of having sex: He denied that sexual intercourse had taken place. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Obstetrics: processes & stages connected with sexual reproduction. amniotic. andropause. anovulatory. come on. hot flush. inseminate. luteal. matrescence. menopausal. menopause. menses. menstrual cycle. menstruate. ovulation.
sexual intercourse in British English. noun. the act carried out for procreation or for pleasure in which, typically, the insertion of the male's erect penis into the female's vagina is followed by rhythmic thrusting usually culminating in orgasm; copulation; coitus. Related adjective: venereal.
noun. the act of sexual intercourse between two people. synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual relation. see more.
sexual intercourse, or coitus or copulation, Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). Various sexual activities (foreplay) lead to physiological changes that progress to orgasm (climax) and resolution ( see sexual response).
Penile-vaginal intercourse or vaginal intercourse is a form of penetrative sexual intercourse in human sexuality, in which an erect penis is inserted into a vagina. Synonyms are: vaginal sex, cohabitation, coitus (Latin: coitus per vaginam), (in elegant colloquial language) intimacy, or (poetic) lovemaking. (Some of the synonyms are used for ...
May 20, 2024 · Human sexual activity is any activity—solitary, between two persons, or in a group—that induces sexual arousal. Two major determinants of human sexual activity are the inherited sexual response patterns that have evolved as a means of ensuring reproduction and the degree of restraint exerted by society.
