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Meaning of "single-sex" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SINGLE-SEX

single-sex play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SINGLE-SEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Single-Sex is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SINGLE-SEX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

single-sex

Gonochorism

In biology, gonochorism or unisexualism or gonochory describes the state of having just one of at least two distinct sexes in any one individual organism. The term is most often used with animals, in which the individual organisms are often gonochorous. Gonochory is less common in plants. For example, in flowering plants, individual flowers may be hermaphrodite or gonochorous, having either no stamens or no ovaries. Among flowering plant species that have unisexual flowers, some also produce hermaphrodite flowers, and the three types occur in different arrangements on separate plants; the plants can be monoecious, dioecious, polygamomonoecious, polygamodioecious, andromonoecious, or gynomonoecious. Unlike most flatworms, schistosomes are gonochoristic. The narrow female can be seen emerging from the thicker male's gynecophoral canal below his ventral sucker. Sex is most often genetically determined, but may be determined by other mechanisms. For example, alligators use temperature-dependent sex determination during egg incubation. Good examples of gonochoric or dioecious pollination are hollies, and kiwifruit.

Definition of single-sex in the English dictionary

The definition of single-sex in the dictionary is admitting members of one sex only; not coeducational.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINGLE-SEX

single-lens reflex
single-line display
single-masted
single-minded
single-mindedly
single-mindedness
single-parent family
single-party
single-phase
single-seater
single-sheet feed
single-sided disk
single-space
single-step
single-stepped
single-stepping
single-storey
single-tongue
single-track
single-track road

WORDS THAT END LIKE SINGLE-SEX

bi sex
cybersex
East Sussex
Essex
fair sex
group sex
Middlesex
opposite sex
oral sex
phone sex
safe sex
same-sex
sex
Sussex
the opposite sex
unisex
unprotected sex
unsafe sex
Wessex
West Sussex

Synonyms and antonyms of single-sex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «single-sex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SINGLE-SEX

Find out the translation of single-sex to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of single-sex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «single-sex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单一性别
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de un solo sexo
570 millions of speakers

English

single-sex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकल सेक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من جنس واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одного пола
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

single- sexo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একক-সেক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

même sexe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jantina tunggal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Single-Sex
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シングルセックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단일 섹스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Siji-jinis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một giới tính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒற்றை பாலின
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकल-लिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek cinsiyet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

single- sex
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

single -sex
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

однієї статі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

single- sex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

του ίδιου φύλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

enkel- seks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enkönade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

single- sex
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of single-sex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SINGLE-SEX»

The term «single-sex» is regularly used and occupies the 93.961 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SINGLE-SEX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about single-sex

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QUOTES WITH «SINGLE-SEX»

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Alexandra Wentworth
I would never send my kids to a single-sex school.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINGLE-SEX»

Discover the use of single-sex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to single-sex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beyond the Great Divide: Single Sex Or Coeducation?
Author and educator Judy Gill addresses the ongoing debate between coeducation or single sex schooling.
Judith Gill, 2004
2
Rethinking Single Sex Teaching
Drawing on classroom observations and in-depth interviews with teachers and pupils, this book illustrates how single sex classrooms operate and the effect it has on learners.
Ivinson , Gabrielle, Murphy, Patricia, 2007
3
For Girls Only: Making a Case for Single-Sex Schooling
This book examines the longitudinal results of one study, reviews other research, and considers policy implications in conflict with Title IX.
Janice Streitmatter, 1999
4
Mixed Or Single-sex School?: Some social aspects
Volume 2 of Mixed or single sex school.
Reginald R. Dale, 1969
5
Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling
In this timely book, Rosemary Salomone offers a reasoned educational and legal argument supporting single-sex education as an alternative to coeducation, particularly in the case of disadvantaged minority students.
Rosemary C. Salomone, 2008
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A Gendered Choice: Designing and Implementing Single-Sex ...
A comprehensive road map for single-gender initiatives, this experience-based resource offers a step-by-step process with design and implementation tools for developing and sustaining high-quality single-sex programs.
David W. Chadwell, 2009
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Debating Single-Sex Education: Separate and Equal?
Finally, the book includes findings based on research in single-sex schools across the nation. Do single-sex classes work? This book provides information that will allow the reader to make an informed decision about that question.
Frances R. Spielhagen, 2013
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All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters
An account of a year in the lives of young women at two girls' schools, one an elite Los Angeles prep school and the other the Young Women's Leadership School in East Harlem, considers the challenges of single-sex education faced by ...
Karen Stabiner, 2003
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Female Bullying Behaviors and Perceived Social Support in ...
Results of the present study highlight the importance of considering the assessment procedure when assessing students' victimization and bullying behaviors, and identify particular sources of support that are influential in female students' ...
Kristina M. Osborne-Oliver, 2008
10
Gender in Policy and Practice: Perspectives on Single Sex ...
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Amanda Datnow, Lea Hubbard, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINGLE-SEX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term single-sex is used in the context of the following news items.
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Single-sex schools in decline as co-education favoured
The number of private single-sex schools in NSW has declined by 15 to 20 per cent over the past two decades, despite continued support for single-sex ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
Scientist quits after calling for single-sex laboratories
The British Nobel Laureate who advocated single sex laboratories and said that women scientists were a distraction for their male colleagues has resigned from ... «The Times, Jun 15»
3
Single-Sex Schools In Legal Limbo Amid Transgender Push
Single-sex high schools are already finding themselves in legal and ethical limbo as LGBT activists promote transgenderism as normal and healthy. Colleges ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
4
With Single-Sex Education Declining, What's the Future of South …
According to a recent National Public Radio story, there were 230 single-sex colleges in the 1960s. When Sweet Briar closes, there will be 44. Two of the ... «Free Times, Apr 15»
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Are single-sex or mixed schools the way forward?
As Tony Little, the headmaster of Eton, says that single-sex education allows students to "be themselves" until later in life, we ask two leading figures in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
6
The Freeing Powers of Single-Sex Education
It was one of the many moments I observed in single-sex schools where black and Latino boys felt comfortable, and allowed, to express their emotions, changing ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Single-sex versus co-ed: why neither is 'best'
Yet again the argument has resurfaced about which is better, single-sex or ... and that neither single-sex nor co-ed schools can ever be judged to be “best”. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
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Department of Education Walks Delicate Line on Single-Sex
But if you read between the lines of its guidance on single-sex public education released ... It stops short of either condemning or praising single-sex classrooms. «TIME, Dec 14»
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The perils of a single-sex education are best avoided
The sort of single-sex education that was routine for my husband and for me has become the stuff of fairy-tales for many children today. My two boys attend a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
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Single-Sex Institutions in a Multi-Gender World: What's a Girl (To Do)?
When I was the Transgender Specialist at Smith, a women's college, a female-to-male (FTM) transgender student said to me, "Smith doesn't have to worry about ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»

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