single-sex

sin·gle-sex

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sing-guh l seks]
- /ˈsɪŋ gəl sɛks/
- /ˈsɪŋɡl seks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sing-guh l seks]
- /ˈsɪŋ gəl sɛks/

Definitions of single-sex word

adjective single-sex designated for, pertaining to, or serving only males or only females: a single-sex college. 1
adjective single-sex school: girls- or boys-only 1
adjective single-sex At a single-sex school, the pupils are either all boys or all girls. 0
adjective single-sex (of schools, etc) admitting members of one sex only; not coeducational 0

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Origin of single-sex

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Single-sex

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Single-sex

single-sex popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.