affair

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W1S2 [əˈfeə US əˈfer] n

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1¦(public/political activities)¦

2¦(event)¦

3¦(relationship)¦

4¦(object)¦

5 be somebody's affair

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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old French; Origin: afaire, from à faire 'to do']

1.) ¦(PUBLIC/POLITICAL ACTIVITIES)¦

affairs [plural]

a) public or political events and activities

▪ world affairs

▪ They were accused of interfering in China's internal affairs .

▪ the exclusion of women from public affairs

▪ a foreign affairs correspondent for CNN

b) things connected with your personal life, your financial situation etc

▪ I am not prepared to discuss my financial affairs with the press.

→state of affairs at ↑state¹(8)

2.) ¦(EVENT)¦

a) an event or set of related events, especially one that is impressive or shocking

▪ the Watergate affair

▪ The whole affair was a disaster.

b) used when describing an event

▪ The party was a very grand affair.

3.) ¦(RELATIONSHIP)¦

a secret sexual relationship between two people, when at least one of them is married to someone else

= ↑love affair affair with

▪ He had an affair with his boss that lasted six years.

4.) ¦(OBJECT)¦

informal old-fashioned used when describing an object, machine etc

▪ The computer was one of those little portable affairs.

5.) be sb's affair

if something is your affair, it only concerns you and you do not want anyone else to get involved in it

▪ What I do in my free time is my affair.

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Synonyms:

Business, concern, function, duty, office, matter, circumstance, question, subject / Event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performance / Battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush

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affair — 1 Affair, business, concern, matter, thing come into comparison only when they are little more than vague or general terms meaning something done or dealt with. Some or rarely all are used interchangeably in certain similar collocations such as… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Affair — Af*fair ([a^]f*f[^a]r ), n. [OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See {Fact}, and cf. {Ado}.] 1. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
affair — (n.) c.1300, what one has to do, from Anglo French afere, O.Fr. afaire (12c., Mod.Fr. affaire) business, event; rank, estate, from the infinitive phrase à faire to do, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + facere to do, make (see FACTITIOUS … Etymology dictionary
affair — [n1] matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence,… … New thesaurus
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affair — [ə fer′] n. [ME afere < OFr afaire < a faire, to do < L ad , to + facere, DO1] 1. a thing to be done; business 2. [pl.] matters of business or concern 3. any matter, occurrence, or thing 4. a social function or gathering … English World dictionary
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affair — noun 1 event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ whole ▪ She saw the whole affair as a great joke. ▪ glittering, grand ▪ I knew that the wedding would be a grand affair. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
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