single-sex

[ sing-guhl-seks ]

adjective
  1. designated for, pertaining to, or serving only males or only females: a single-sex college.

Origin of single-sex

1
First recorded in 1935–40

Words Nearby single-sex

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How to use single-sex in a sentence

  • The single-sex chromosome which males possess invariably comes from the mother.

    Physiology | Ernest G. Martin
  • From this generation by a single sex, there spring, two months later, males and females.

    Bramble-bees and Others | J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for single-sex

single-sex

adjective
  1. (of schools, etc) admitting members of one sex only; not coeducational

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