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Affair has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a vaguely specified concern

"several matters to attend to"

"it is none of your affair"

"things are going well"

2

a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

"The scandal broke when it was revealed that the CEO had been involved in an affair with his assistant."

3

a vaguely specified social event

"the party was quite an affair"

"an occasion arranged to honor the president"

"a seemingly endless round of social functions"

4

Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.

"The city council discussed several important affairs regarding infrastructure and public safety during the meeting."

In plain English: An affair is an illegal sexual relationship between someone who is married and another person.

"The weather is really fine for this summer affair, so everyone decided to go out."

Usage: Use affair to refer to an event, transaction, or matter requiring attention rather than a specific object or person. It often appears in phrases like "state affairs" for government matters or "private affair" regarding personal business.

Example Sentences
"The weather is really fine for this summer affair, so everyone decided to go out." noun
"The office affair caused quite a stir among the staff." noun
"She kept her personal affairs strictly private from everyone." noun
"It was just a small matter of business that took up their entire afternoon." noun
Related Terms
cheating extramarital love relationship illicit secret marriage adultery infidelity tryst involved georgical emotional affair self reliance get penny ball game lolita matter home office statesman
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
concern sexual relationship social event
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
least party celebration ceremony fundraiser photo opportunity sleepover

Origin

The word "affair" comes from the Old French afaire, which combined elements meaning "to do." It entered English through Middle English with this original sense of doing or handling something.

Rhyming Words
air tair lair hair vair nair cair yair pair jair fair mair bair wair reair clair adair deair chair flair
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