Affair

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something done or to be done; business.
  • n. Transactions and other matters of professional or public business: affairs of state.
  • n. An occurrence, event, or matter: The senator's death was a tragic affair.
  • n. A social function.
  • n. An object or a contrivance: Their first car was a ramshackle affair.
  • n. A matter of personal concern.
  • n. Personal business: get one's affairs in order.
  • n. A matter causing public scandal and controversy: the Dreyfus affair.
  • n. A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one of brief duration, between two people who are not married to each other.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.
  • n. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
  • n. An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
  • n. A material object (vaguely designated).
  • n. An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cœur.)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern
  • n. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
  • n. An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
  • n. Action; endeavor.
  • n. A material object (vaguely designated).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A private or personal concern; a special function, business, or duty.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Endeavor; attempt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
  • n. a vaguely specified concern
  • n. a vaguely specified social event
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    transaction    concern    thing    affair of honor    liaison   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    matter    concern    action    endeavor    business    proceeding    go    circumstance    thing    finances   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Cher    Clair   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    business    matter    history    event    relation    war    society    politic    circumstance    duty