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Definitions

sexual intercourse

[sek-shoo-uhl in-ter-kawrs] / ˈsɛk ʃu əl ˈɪn tərˌkɔrs /
NOUN
making love
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cohabitation
WEAK
coitus consummation copula going to bed with sex sexual commerce sexual congress sexual relations sleeping with

Example Sentences

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This was the year Japan passed landmark laws to redefine rape from "forcible sexual intercourse" to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" and raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

From dawn to dusk, observant Muslims the world over will refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual intercourse.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

The WHO defines infertility as a disease of the male or female reproductive system that is defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.

From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2023

Mr. Lehrmann, 27, was charged in August 2021 with one count of sexual intercourse without consent.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022

At the age of 30 I found a friend who, though quite heterosexual, has, without giving me any sexual intercourse, given me the love I have always needed.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock