"opposite sex" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the opposite sex [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-noun|?|def=1}} the opposite sex
  1. Women in relation to men or men in relation to women. Categories (topical): Gender
    Sense id: en-opposite_sex-en-noun-6smqrTPd Disambiguation of Gender: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English singularia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English singularia tantum: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 36
  2. (attributively) Heterosexual, or otherwise relating to a relationship between a woman and a man. Tags: attributive Derived forms: OSA Translations (the other gender to which one is referring): الْجِنْس الْآخَر (al-jins al-ʔāḵar) [masculine] (Arabic), супрацьле́глы пол (supracʹljéhly pol) [masculine] (Belarusian), противополо́жен пол (protivopolóžen pol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 異性 (Chinese Mandarin), 异性 (yìxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), opačné pohlaví [neuter] (Czech), modsatte køn [neuter] (Danish), andere geslacht [neuter] (Dutch), astassugupool (Estonian), vastakkainen sukupuoli (Finnish), sexe opposé [masculine] (French), sexo contrario (Galician), anderes Geschlecht [neuter] (German), sesso opposto [masculine] (Italian), 異性 (isei) (alt: いせい) (Japanese), 이성 (iseong) (alt: 異性) (Korean), спро́тивен пол (sprótiven pol) [masculine] (Macedonian), جنس مخالف (jens-e moxâlef) (Persian), płeć przeciwna [feminine] (Polish), sexo oposto [masculine] (Portuguese), противополо́жный пол (protivopolóžnyj pol) [masculine] (Russian), супротни пол [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), suprotni pol [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), opačné pohlavie [neuter] (Slovak), nasprotni spol [masculine] (Slovene), sexo opuesto [masculine] (Spanish), motsatt kön [neuter] (Swedish), เพศตรงข้าม (pâyt dtrong kâam) (Thai), karşı cins (Turkish), протиле́жна стать (protyléžna statʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-opposite_sex-en-noun-mOY91i~9 Disambiguation of 'the other gender to which one is referring': 31 69

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