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affair
[ uh-fair ]
noun
- anything done or to be done; anything requiring action or effort; business; concern:
an affair of great importance.
- affairs, matters of commercial or public interest or concern; the transactions of public or private business or finance:
affairs of state; Before taking such a long trip you should put all your affairs in order.
- an event or a performance; a particular action, operation, or proceeding:
When did this affair happen?
- thing; matter (applied to anything made or existing, usually with a descriptive or qualifying term):
Our new computer is an amazing affair.
- a private or personal concern; 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.
- a party, social gathering, or other organized festive occasion:
The awards ceremony is the biggest affair on the school calendar.
affair
/ əˈɛə /
noun
- a thing to be done or attended to; matter; business
this affair must be cleared up
- an event or happening
a strange affair
- qualified by an adjective or descriptive phrase something previously specified, esp a man-made object; thing
our house is a tumbledown affair
- a sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of affair1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of affair1
Example Sentences
A draft executive order circulated proposing an overhaul of the exam that had long focused on knowledge of international affairs to now require candidates demonstrate “alignment with the president’s foreign policy vision.”
Calderon told The Times earlier that she was a senior advisor of government affairs at Edison International.
Equally, in BBC news and current affairs, only 48% of staff who answered a recent survey said they thought the corporation dealt with bullying and harassment concerns appropriately.
The island governs its own domestic affairs, but foreign and defence policy decisions are made in Copenhagen.
Dan Mogulof, assistant vice chancellor of the UC Berkeley communications and public affairs office, issued a statement that said the school has already been in contact with federal authorities about the issue.
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