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copulation — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breeding noun The controlled mating of animals or plants to produce or improve particular characteristics.
  • copulation noun The act of sexual intercourse or mating.
  • union noun An organized group of workers formed to protect their rights and negotiate with employers.

Senses

copulation is used for these senses in English:

  • breeding The act of copulation in animals.
  • copulation (uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
  • union (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.

breeding — full definition

  1. noun The controlled mating of animals or plants to produce or improve particular characteristics.
  2. noun Refined manners and upbringing, especially as a mark of a privileged background.

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