intercourse

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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noun communication between individuals
noun the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

Moreover, there were few occasions for social intercourse. — Impressions of South Africa, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
This intercourse could scarcely fail to have one grand climax. — Girlhood and Womanhood: The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes, Sarah Tytler
At all events, intercourse with Europe seems to have been cut off. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson

social intercourse

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