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- Dictionaryaffair/əˈfɛː/
noun
- 1. an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to: "the board admitted responsibility for the affair" Similar
- 2. a sexual relationship between two people, one or both of whom are married to someone else: "his wife is having an affair" Similar
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AFFAIR definition: 1. a situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered: 2. a matter or situation that…. Learn more.
affair. noun. af· fair ə-ˈfer. Synonyms of affair. 1. affairs plural : commercial, professional, public, or personal business. handles the company's public affairs. an expert in foreign affairs. b. : matter, concern. How I choose to live is my affair, not yours. 2. : a procedure, action, or occasion only vaguely specified.
1. singular noun B2. If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair. The government has mishandled the whole affair. The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers.
An affair is a specific event. You can use affair as a kind of shorthand, to mean "that big mess," or "that complicated story I already told you about." Your affair can also mean your responsibility or job, like if your grandmother said, "I don't care about balloons for the party — that's your affair."
An affair is a relationship typically between two people, one or both of whom are either married or in a long-term relationship with someone else. The affair can be solely sexual or solely physical or solely emotional – or a combination of these.
Affair definition: anything done or to be done; anything requiring action or effort; business; concern. See examples of AFFAIR used in a sentence.
a sexual relationship between two people when one or both of them is married to someone else: He's been having an affair with a woman at work. be sb's affair. If something is your affair, it is private and you do not want anyone else to be involved or know about it. See also. love affair.
1. a thing to be done or attended to; matter; business: this affair must be cleared up. 2. an event or happening: a strange affair. 3. (qualified by an adjective or descriptive phrase) something previously specified, esp a man-made object; thing: our house is a tumbledown affair.
[countable] a sexual relationship between two people, usually when one or both of them are already in a relationship with somebody else. She was having an affair with a co-worker. an extramarital affair. It's the story of a secret affair between a married teacher and her teenage student. see also love affair. Wordfinder. Extra Examples.
a special function, business, or duty: That's none of your affair. an intense amorous relationship, usually of short duration. an event or happening that occasions or arouses notoriety, dispute, and often public scandal; incident: the Congressional bribery affair.
