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sexes

/ˈsɛksəz/

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What does sexes mean?

noun

  1. plural of sex
  2. plural of sexe

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sex

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɛksəz/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈsɛksɪz/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Even the members of the choir, of both sexes, had the sense of being held away from her at haughty arm's length.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
I expected every moment that my master would accuse the Yahoos of those unnatural appetites in both sexes, so common among us.
Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #829
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Then look on another thirty-three years--a fresh generation--and our youth of both sexes may find a popular recreation in graceful aerial exercise.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861
By the latter tests and reasonable arguments most or all of our institutions regulating the relations of the sexes may be justifiable.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsGod, the Invisible KingProject Gutenberg ebook #1046
And in so doing they will do what is best, and will not violate, but preserve the natural relation of the sexes.
PlatoThe RepublicTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1497