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intercourse definition

inter·course (in′tər kôrs′)

noun

  1. communication or dealings between or among people, countries, etc.; interchange of products, services, ideas, feelings, etc.
    1. sexual intercourse
    2. any other sexual act involving insertion of the penis anal intercourse

Etymology: ME entercours < OFr entrecours < L intercursus: see inter- & course

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intercourse Synonyms

intercourse

n.

  1. Communication

    association, dealings, interchange; see communication 1.

  2. Sex act

    coitus, coition, sexual relations; see copulation, fornication, sex 4.


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intercourse Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • forbid: A rule which forbids social intercourse between members of different corps is strict.

Adjective modifier

  • unprotected: HIV is, of course, not transmitted by unprotected anal intercourse.

Preposition: with

  • girl: Thailand: Thai penal code outlaws sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, with or without consent.

Preposition: between

  • man: But the largest number of new infections resulted from sexual intercourse between men - almost half of all new cases.

Preposition: in

  • direction: In place of the old local and national seclusion and self sufficiency, we have intercourse in every direction, universal interdependence of nations.
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intercourse quotes

   Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. SeeAdams 5:92, Chesterton 211:46.

-Decatur, Stephen

'Twonations; betweenwhomthere isnointercourseand no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed bya different breeding, are fed by a different 276 food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws.' 'You speak ofö'said Egremont, hesitatingly.'THE RICH ANDTHE POOR.'

-Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Violation is a synonym for intercourse.

-Dworkin, Andrea

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