{
    "term": "sex",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the state of being male or female",
            "sensetop": "sex of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How can you tell what sex a fish is?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a process that enables couples to know the sex of their baby",
                    "contextForm": "sex of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We determined the sex of the birds from their DNA."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please indicate your sex and date of birth below."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Levels of infection vary dramatically according to age and sex."
                },
                {
                    "text": "discrimination on grounds of race or sex"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**sex discrimination** *(= the act of treating men and women differently in an unfair way)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Testosterone is the male sex hormone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In some areas the male : female **sex ratio** has reached 130 : 100."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Trying to prove that **sex differences** in behaviour are innate is controversial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "discrimination on grounds of sex"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The word ‘man’ can refer to all humans, irrespective of sex."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their gender identity does not match their biological sex at birth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wanted to change my sex."
                },
                {
                    "text": "issues of sex equality in the office"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The theory predicts sex differences in the brain."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["female", "male", "opposite"],
                "verb + sex": ["determine", "change", "be attracted to"],
                "sex + noun": ["change", "equality", "discrimination"],
                "preposition": ["between the sexes"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the battle of the sexes",
                    "equality between the sexes",
                    "equality of the sexes"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "either of the two groups that people, animals, and plants are divided into according to their function of producing young",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a member of **the opposite sex**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people of the **same sex**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**single-sex** schools"
                },
                {
                    "text": "differences **between the sexes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exam results for **both sexes** have continued to improve."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gibson was the first African American of **either sex** to play at Wimbledon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the battle of the sexes *(= the competitive relationship that exists between men and women)*"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["female", "male", "opposite"],
                "verb + sex": ["determine", "change", "be attracted to"],
                "sex + noun": ["change", "equality", "discrimination"],
                "preposition": ["between the sexes"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the battle of the sexes",
                    "equality between the sexes",
                    "equality of the sexes"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "physical activity between two people in which they touch each other’s sexual organs, and which may include sexual intercourse",
            "sensetop": "sex with somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He **had sex** with someone he met in a bar.",
                    "contextForm": "sex with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "gay sex"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sex act"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a footballer involved in a **sex scandal**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "victims of **sex abuse**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**sex education** in schools"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a controversial film containing explicit **sex scenes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **sex shop** *(= one selling magazines, objects, etc. that are connected with sex)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These drugs may affect your **sex drive** *(= your interest in sex and the ability to have it)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Amid such poverty, the **sex trade** has flourished."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The slogan for the hippie generation of the 1960s was **sex, drugs and rock and roll**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "sex between consenting adults"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sex with her husband"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They teach that sex outside of marriage is wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have had several sex partners over the years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "safer sex practices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sex sells, the advertisers believe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Movies containing scenes of explicit sex are banned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was convicted of having unlawful sex with an underage girl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to crack down on international sex trafficking"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was arrested for sex crimes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film featured graphic scenes of sex and violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's important to abstain from sex until treatment is completed."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["anal", "oral", "penetrative"],
                "verb + sex": ["engage in", "have", "consent to"],
                "sex + noun": ["life", "drive", "urge"],
                "preposition": ["sex between", "sex with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll",
                    "sex and violence",
                    "sex outside of marriage"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "having the amount of sexual activity or desire mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a highly-sexed person"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seks/",
                "audio": "se/sex/sex__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seks/",
                "audio": "se/sex/sex__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the two categories, male and female): from Old French sexe or Latin sexus."
}