ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sex

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /sɛks/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sex is a noun meaning (countable) Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.

Meaning

(countable) Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.

(countable) The members of such a category, taken collectively.
(uncountable) The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
(countable, euphemistic or slang) Genitalia: a penis or vagina/vulva.
(zoology, transitive) To determine the sex of (an animal).
(countable) A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such categories, which can differ by organism or by taxonomic branch.
(obsolete or literary, uncountable, with "the") Women; the human female gender and those who belong to it.

A black old neutral personage / Of the third sex stept up.

I would never have guessed […] that slime molds can have thirteen sexes.

The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, sex, and other factors.

"But now another sex, in arms, is brought, / And, realms to guard, are eunuchs able thought!"

Depending on context, synonyms include gender, arouse, wind up, excite, sexuality, turn on.

Related dictionary entries include sexuality, arouse, excite, gender, turn on, wind up.

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