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   intercourse

   /ˈɪntəkɔːs/

   noun

   • 1. communication or dealings between individuals or groups: "everyday social intercourse" Similar dealingsrelationsrelationshipsassociationconnectionscontactinterchangecommunicationintercommunicationcommunioncorrespondencenegotiationsbargainingtransactionsproceedingstradetradingbusinesscommercetraffictraffickinginformal:truckdoings
   • 2. short for sexual intercourse

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French entrecours ‘exchange, commerce’, from Latin intercursus, from intercurrere ‘intervene’, from inter- ‘between’ + currere ‘run’. The specifically sexual use arose in the late 18th century.

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