intercourse
Americannoun
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sexual intercourse, especially coitus.
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dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
- Synonyms:
- traffic, trade, commerce, sexual relations, sex act, sex, relations, copulation
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interchange of thoughts, feelings, etc.
noun
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communication or exchange between individuals; mutual dealings
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Etymology
Origin of intercourse
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English intercurse, from Medieval Latin intercursus “communication, trading,” Latin “a running between, interposition”; see inter-, course
Example Sentences
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Intercourse also meant “communion between man and that which is spiritual or unseen.”
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
In early 2016, Glick opened a small stand at Smucker Village in Intercourse, near Kitchen Kettle Village, but soon afterwards started selling wares at Eastern Market in Washington, D.C.
From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2020
And the repeated phrase “I want to love him, but what if he —” forms part of the beat for Raekwon’s Verbal Intercourse.
From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2018
Some of these recordings will be new versions of old tunes but others, including the Purple Rain outtake, Electric Intercourse, and Father’s Song, which Prince wrote with his dad John Nelson, are unheard.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2017
Intercourse is suggested also by the obvious communities of religious conception existing between Crete and Asia.
From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James
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