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Narrator: Today's word is "Sexual" — adjective, pronounced /ˈsekʃuəl/, with the stress on "sex".
Narrator: Sexual means connected with sex, reproduction or the differences between males and females.
Narrator: In plain English, it relates to sex.
Narrator: It comes from Latin sexualis, from sexus, sex.
Narrator: A common collocation is "sexual reproduction", which describes making offspring from two parents.
Narrator: It differs from "gender", because sexual relates to biology and activity, while gender relates to identity and roles.
Narrator: In a second sense, "sexual harassment" is unwanted sexual behaviour, which is illegal at work.
Narrator: Biology, medicine, law and education all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: sexual is a formal, factual word about sex.
Speaker A: How do plants make seeds?
Speaker B: SEXUAL reproduction with pollen! From Latin sexus.
Speaker A: Flowers and bees?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Sexual reproduction mixes genes", biology. "Sexual health clinics are free", NHS. "Sexual harassment must be reported", workplace law.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Report sexual harassment to HR or the police; it is never a joke.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Reproductive is its cousin, intimate its twin, and physical an alternative — yet clarity keeps its best charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "sexual" in AI prompts — useful for health information and safeguarding.
Speaker A: How for health?
Speaker B: Signpost.
Prompt: Write a neutral page explaining how to find a sexual health clinic in the UK.
Speaker A: And safeguarding?
Speaker B: Policies.
Prompt: Draft a sexual harassment policy summary for a small company.
Speaker A: Could it help science?
Speaker B: Yes, for biology.
Prompt: Compare sexual and asexual reproduction in a table for GCSE.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Moderation.
Prompt: Flag sexual content so it is hidden from users under eighteen.
Sexual — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary