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affair

[ uh-fair ]

noun

  1. anything done or to be done; anything requiring action or effort; business; concern:

    an affair of great importance.

  2. 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.

  3. an event or a performance; a particular action, operation, or proceeding:

    When did this affair happen?

  4. thing; matter (applied to anything made or existing, usually with a descriptive or qualifying term):

    Our new computer is an amazing affair.

  5. a private or personal concern; a special function, business, or duty:

    That's none of your affair.

  6. an intense amorous relationship, usually of short duration.
  7. an event or happening that occasions or arouses notoriety, dispute, and often public scandal; incident:

    the Congressional bribery affair.

  8. a party, social gathering, or other organized festive occasion:

    The awards ceremony is the biggest affair on the school calendar.



affair

/ əˈfɛə /

noun

  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

  4. a sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of affair1

1250–1300; earlier affaire < French, Old French afaire for a faire to do, equivalent to a (< Latin ad to) + faire Latin facere; replacing Middle English afere < Old French
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Word History and Origins

Origin of affair1

C13: from Old French, from à faire to do
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Example Sentences

Kaplan, the chief global affairs officer at Meta, explained on Tuesday that Meta was easing the speech restrictions on “immigration, gender identity and gender” to keep up with shifting political narratives.

From Salon

Now holding forth during its sixth decade, Ringo Starr’s solo career has largely been an uneven affair in terms of studio albums.

From Salon

Prof Jay will answer questions from MPs on the cross-party Commons home affairs committee about the response to her inquiry's findings, on 21 January.

From BBC

“They could build a different kind of two that would allow them to find a wholeness within and outside themselves without resorting to such betrayals, such lies, such affairs.”

But Frederiksen's comments also speak to the Danish resolve not to meddle in the internal affairs of Greenland – an autonomous territory with its own parliament and whose population is increasingly leaning towards independence.

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