Hetero
adjective
Something or someone that is different or other.
That species is hetero; it doesn't resemble any others in its class.
Often appears as...
- hetero species
- hetero gene
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Technical
noun
Short for heterosexual, a person who is sexually attracted to the opposite sex.
Most of my friends are heteros but I have a few who are gay too.
Often appears as...
- hetero couple
- hetero community
prefix
Means 'different' or 'other', used to form compound words.
Words like 'heterosexual' and 'heterogeneous' use 'hetero-' as a prefix.
Often appears as...
- heterosexual
- heterogeneous
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Something or someone that is different or other.
That species is hetero; it doesn't resemble any others in its class.
Often appears as...
- hetero species
- hetero gene
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Short for heterosexual, a person who is sexually attracted to the opposite sex.
Most of my friends are heteros but I have a few who are gay too.
Often appears as...
- hetero couple
- hetero community
prefix
Means 'different' or 'other', used to form compound words.
Words like 'heterosexual' and 'heterogeneous' use 'hetero-' as a prefix.
Often appears as...
- heterosexual
- heterogeneous
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Technical Use
Used in scientific contexts to describe distinct or unusual characteristics in objects or species.
Researchers categorized the fungus as hetero due to its unique enzyme process.
Pro Tip 2/2Rare in Daily Speech
Not commonly used in everyday language; more likely to be found in technical discussions or academic texts.
In class, we learned about hetero atoms in organic molecules.
Pro Tip 1/2Technical Use
Used in scientific contexts to describe distinct or unusual characteristics in objects or species.
Researchers categorized the fungus as hetero due to its unique enzyme process.
Pro Tip 2/2Rare in Daily Speech
Not commonly used in everyday language; more likely to be found in technical discussions or academic texts.
In class, we learned about hetero atoms in organic molecules.
Pro Tip 1/2Technical Use
Used in scientific contexts to describe distinct or unusual characteristics in objects or species.
Researchers categorized the fungus as hetero due to its unique enzyme process.
Pro Tip 2/2Rare in Daily Speech
Not commonly used in everyday language; more likely to be found in technical discussions or academic texts.
In class, we learned about hetero atoms in organic molecules.
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People, Plants and...
up what was an amazing experience is pollinated by this fantastically beautiful a megillah' bee and it's a really kinky pollination system it's called buzz pollination where the bee comes up it sizes the flowers it understands the hetero morphic and
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
Very heavy hetero guy. But he wrote in this book, "Ideal Marriage" -- he said that he could differentiate between the semen of a young man, which he said had a fresh, exhilarating smell, and the semen of mature men, whose semen smelled, quote,
Video examples
People, Plants and...
up what was an amazing experience is pollinated by this fantastically beautiful a megillah' bee and it's a really kinky pollination system it's called buzz pollination where the bee comes up it sizes the flowers it understands the hetero morphic and
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
Very heavy hetero guy. But he wrote in this book, "Ideal Marriage" -- he said that he could differentiate between the semen of a young man, which he said had a fresh, exhilarating smell, and the semen of mature men, whose semen smelled, quote,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Dee Rees
American Director
When I first started going out to lesbian clubs, I felt a very binary recreation of hetero culture. There are butches and femmes, and I felt like I was neither of those things. I'm in a turtleneck and jeans and just learning to be comfortable in that space. I realized I don't have to be a certain way.
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Lorraine Hansberry
American Playwright
I feel that women - without wishing to foster any strict separatist notions, homo or hetero - indeed have a need for their own publications and organizations. Our problems, our experiences as women are profoundly unique as compared to the other half of the human race.
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Gail Simone
American Writer
Famously, DC has been pretty great showing gay women, with characters like Batwoman, but has shown fewer prominent men on the sexuality spectrum outside of hetero. It's something we need to address. I also think it's lovely how the readers respond to this.
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Dana Plato
American Actress
I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences all over the planet but it always comes down to just me, but I think at this point if I had an ongoing relationship I believe it would be with a man.
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Alan Turing
English Mathematician
I have had a dream indicating rather clearly that I am on the way to being hetero, though I don't accept it with much enthusiasm either awake or in the dreams.
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Trace Lysette
American Actress
I think that trans women have endured a lot and they compromise a lot when dealing with cis hetero men.
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Moby
American Musician
I'd just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big dumb hetero meathead.
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Olly Alexander
English Musician
I would love it if less bands were hetero.
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Dee Rees
American Director
When I first started going out to lesbian clubs, I felt a very binary recreation of hetero culture. There are butches and femmes, and I felt like I was neither of those things. I'm in a turtleneck and jeans and just learning to be comfortable in that space. I realized I don't have to be a certain way.
Quote examples
Lorraine Hansberry
American Playwright
I feel that women - without wishing to foster any strict separatist notions, homo or hetero - indeed have a need for their own publications and organizations. Our problems, our experiences as women are profoundly unique as compared to the other half of the human race.
Quote examples
Gail Simone
American Writer
Famously, DC has been pretty great showing gay women, with characters like Batwoman, but has shown fewer prominent men on the sexuality spectrum outside of hetero. It's something we need to address. I also think it's lovely how the readers respond to this.
Quote examples
Dana Plato
American Actress
I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences all over the planet but it always comes down to just me, but I think at this point if I had an ongoing relationship I believe it would be with a man.
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Alan Turing
English Mathematician
I have had a dream indicating rather clearly that I am on the way to being hetero, though I don't accept it with much enthusiasm either awake or in the dreams.
Quote examples
Trace Lysette
American Actress
I think that trans women have endured a lot and they compromise a lot when dealing with cis hetero men.
Quote examples
Moby
American Musician
I'd just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big dumb hetero meathead.
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Olly Alexander
English Musician
I would love it if less bands were hetero.
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