{
    "term": "sexual",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the physical activity of sex",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**sexual behaviour/activity/desire**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**sexual acts/offences**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**sexual abuse/assault/violence**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were not having a **sexual relationship** at the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He denied having had sexual relations with her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She engaged frequently in casual sexual encounters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drop-in centres will provide a range of advice and support on sexual health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her interest in him is purely sexual."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**sexual orientation/identity** *(= whether you are , , , etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **sexual partner** *(= a person who you have sex with)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has not threatened them, or made overtly sexual remarks."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with the process of producing young",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **sexual organs** *(= the , , etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sexual reproduction"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "connected with the state of being male or female",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "sexual characteristics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sexual discrimination"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsekʃuəl/",
                "audio": "se/sexual/sexual__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsekʃuəl/",
                "audio": "se/sexual/sexual__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from late Latin sexualis, from Latin sexus ‘sex’."
}