Definitions for AFFAIRəˈfɛər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
af•fairəˈfɛər(n.)
anything requiring action or effort; business; concern.
affairs, matters of commercial or public interest or concern:
affairs of state.
thing; matter (usu. used with a descriptive or qualifying term):
Our new computer is a complex affair.
a private or personal concern:
That's none of your affair.
a usu. brief amorous relationship.
an incident that occasions notoriety, dispute, and often public scandal:
the Congressional bribery affair.
a social gathering or other organized festive occasion.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of affair:
1250–1300; ME afere < OF afaire, for a faire to do =a (< L ad to) +faire蠐 L facere
Princeton's WordNet
matter, affair, thing(noun)
a vaguely specified concern
"several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour(noun)
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function(noun)
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"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
affairəˈfɛər
a love relationship with sb who is not your partner
She found out her husband was having an affair.
affairəˈfɛər
an unpleasant set of events
embarrassed by the whole affair
Wiktionary
affair(Noun)
That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; often in the plural.
affair(Noun)
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
affair(Noun)
An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
affair(Noun)
A material object (vaguely designated).
He used a hook-shaped affair with a long handle to unlock the car.
affair(Noun)
An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cu0153ur.)
Origin: From afere, affere, from afaire, from a- + faire; Latin ad- + facere to do. See fact, and confer ado.
Webster Dictionary
Affair(noun)
that which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius
Affair(noun)
any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue
Affair(noun)
an action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle
Affair(noun)
action; endeavor
Affair(noun)
a material object (vaguely designated)
Translations for AFFAIR
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- kwessieAfrikaans
- مَسْأله، قَضِيَّهArabic
- въпросBulgarian
- casoPortuguese (BR)
- aféraCzech
- die AffäreGerman
- sag; begivenhed; affæreDanish
- υπόθεσηGreek
- casoSpanish
- afäärEstonian
- کار و بارFarsi
- tapausFinnish
- affaireFrench
- עִנְייָן, פָּרָשָה, אֵירוּעHebrew
- मामलाHindi
- posaoCroatian
- ügyHungarian
- peristiwaIndonesian
- mál, málefniIcelandic
- casoItalian
- 事件Japanese
- 사건Korean
- atsitikimas, istorijaLithuanian
- lieta; darīšanaLatvian
- hubunganMalay
- zaakDutch
- sak, begivenhet, affæreNorwegian
- sprawa, kwestiaPolish
- کار و بارPersian
- معاملی، کار او بارPashto
- casoPortuguese
- afacereRomanian
- делоRussian
- aféraSlovak
- zadevaSlovenian
- aferaSerbian
- affärSwedish
- เหตุการณ์Thai
- sorunTurkish
- 事件Chinese (Trad.)
- справа, ділоUkrainian
- کام ، چھوٹی لڑائیUrdu
- sự việcVietnamese
- 事件，事情Chinese (Simp.)
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