penetration
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
deep | greater
import, market
The company's successful market penetration in Asia led to opening fifty new stores.
water | sexual
VERB + PENETRATION
achieve
Definitions
noun
The act of penetrating something.
The insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
[…] my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree, which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration.
I have no respect for the penetration of any man who can read the report of that conversation, and still call the principal in it insane.
The act of progressing or moving forward through or into something.
Arsenal lacked urgency and penetration in a lazy, lacklustre opening half, sucked in by Forest's strategy of sitting back in blocks of defence waiting to hit them on the counter.
A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Any penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
Wiktionary[…] my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree, which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration.
WiktionaryI have no respect for the penetration of any man who can read the report of that conversation, and still call the principal in it insane.
WiktionaryThe meeting of man and God must always mean a penetration and entry of the divine into the human and a self-immergence of man in the Divinity.
Tatoeba · #3534852I was born in the wrong penetration.
Tatoeba · #5201313Can I get pregnant if I have sex without penetration?
Tatoeba · #9805380