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affair

  • noun
  • af·fair
  • /əˈfɛə/

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

Other meanings

  1. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.

  2. An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

Related words

  • affairette
  • affair of honor
  • affair baby
  • affair of honour
  • emotional affair
  • have an affair
  • love affair
  • Ugandan affairs
  • affairless
  • cyberaffair
  • nonaffair
  • affair partner

Word history

From Latin "ad-".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “affair” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.