Affair

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something done or experienced; a matter or event.
  • noun. A matter of personal concern.
  • noun. A matter causing public scandal and controversy.
  • noun. A social function.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Transactions and other matters of professional or public business.
  • noun. Personal business.
  • noun. An object or a contrivance.
  • noun. A sexual relationship between two people, especially when at least one of them is married or in another committed romantic relationship.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Anything done or to be done; that which requires action or effort; a moving interest; business; concern: as, this is an affair of great moment; a man of affairs; affairs of state.
  • noun. plural Matters of interest or concern; particular doings or interests; specifically, pecuniary interests or relations: as, to meddle with a neighbor's affairs; his affairs are in an embarrassed state.
  • noun. An event or a performance; a particular action, operation, or proceeding; military, a partial or minor engagement or contest; a skirmish: as, when did this affair happen: an affair of honor, or of outposts.
  • noun. A private or personal concern; a special function, business, or duty.
  • noun. Thing; matter; concern: applied to anything made or existing, with a descriptive or qualifying term: as, this machine is a complicated affair; his anger is an affair of no consequence.
  • noun. Endeavor; attempt.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern
  • noun. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
  • noun. An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
  • noun. Action; endeavor.
  • noun. A material object (vaguely designated).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.
  • noun. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
  • noun. An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
  • noun. A material object (vaguely designated).
  • noun. An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cœur.)
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
  • noun. a vaguely specified concern
  • noun. a vaguely specified social event
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