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Princeton's WordNet

  1. personal business, personal matters, affairsnoun

    matters of personal concern

    "get his affairs in order"

  2. affairsnoun

    transactions of professional or public interest

    "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

Wikipedia

  1. affairs

    An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment between two people without the attached person's significant other knowing.

ChatGPT

  1. affairs

    Affairs refer to matters, situations, tasks, or incidents that are happening or being discussed, often requiring decisions, actions, or attention. This can refer to personal matters, business dealings, government issues, or other significant situations of concern. In a different context, it can also refer to a romantic or sexual relationship, typically a secret or illicit one.

  2. affairs

    Affairs refer to matters or incidents of private, public, business, or personal concern or interest. They encompass events, activities, or situations that are currently happening or being dealt with. They can also refer to illicit romantic or sexual relationships. The context determines the specific meaning.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'affairs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1378

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'affairs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3847

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of affairs in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of affairs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of affairs in a Sentence

  1. Charles Maung Bo:

    Bishop Felix's daring enough to speak the truth, be it about tribal affairs, political affairs, church affairs.

  2. David K. Shipler:

    Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand-the one doing the important job-unnoticed.

  3. Lee Zeldin:

    Secretary Kerry must immediately testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to address these serious allegations, and if Kerry did actively undermine Israel, he must resign from the Biden administration immediately and have his security clearance revoked.

  4. Gregory Meeks:

    House Foreign Affairs Committee's very dangerous to have anyone with these kind of racist and extreme views in a position of power where they could end up using it, with bias, against anyone in the agency or outside it, house Foreign Affairs Committee's important to fight back against hateful rhetoric to make sure we don't have more people in power who use their positions for ill will.

  5. Commissioner William Bratton:

    I spoke to Mr. Blake a short time ago and personally apologized for yesterday's incident, mr. Blake indicated he would be willing to meet with the Internal Affairs Bureau as our investigation continues.

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