Intercourse

//ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Communication, conversation. countable, uncountable

    "Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine."

  2. 2
    sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur wordnet
  3. 3
    Dealings between countries. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    communication between individuals wordnet
  5. 5
    Dealings with people, including commerce and trade. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Sexual intercourse usually involving humans. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To have sexual intercourse. intransitive, nonstandard
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A particular town in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States

Synonyms

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commercecommunicationcommunionconversecorrespondencedealings

Example

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"They lost some symbols of social intercourse."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

Etymology 2

Various theories; see Wikipedia article.

Related phrases

anal intercourseurethral intercoursesexual intercourseunited states

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