Definitions for Affair
əˈfɛəraf·fair

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. matter, affair, thingnoun

   a vaguely specified concern

   "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"

2. affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amournoun

   a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

3. affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social functionnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. affairnoun

   That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; often in the plural.

2. affairnoun

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

3. affairnoun

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

4. affairnoun

   A material object (vaguely designated).

   He used a hook-shaped affair with a long handle to unlock the car.

5. affairnoun

   An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cur.)

6. Etymology: From afere, affere, from afaire, from a- + faire; Latin ad- + facere to do. See fact, and confer ado.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Affairnoun

   Business; something to be managed or transacted. It is used for both private and publick matters.

   Etymology: affaire, Fr.

   I was not born for courts or great affairs;
   I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers. Alexander Pope.

   A good acquaintance with method will greatly assist every one in ranging, disposing, and managing all human affairs. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   What St. John’s skill in state affairs,
   What Ormond’s valour, Oxford’s cares,
   To aid their sinking country lent,
   Was all destroy’d by one event. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Affair

   An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person who may neither agree to such relationship nor even be aware of it.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Affairnoun

   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

2. Affairnoun

   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

3. Affairnoun

   an action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle

4. Affairnoun

   action; endeavor

5. Affairnoun

   a material object (vaguely designated)

6. Etymology: [OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See Fact, and cf. Ado.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Affair

   An affair is a sexual relationship or a romantic friendship or passionate attachment between two people.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Affair

   af-fār′, n. that which is to be done: business: any small matter: a battle of minor importance: a matter of intimate personal concern, as a duel—a so-called affair of honour, or an intrigue: (pl.) transactions in general: public concerns. [O. Fr. afaire (Fr. affaire)—à and faire—L. ad, and facĕre, to do. Cf. Ado.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. affair

   An indecisive engagement; a duel.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. affair

   An action or engagement, not of sufficient magnitude to be termed a battle.

Matched Categories

1. • Concern
   • Sexual Relationship
   • Social Event

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Affair' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3006

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Affair' in Nouns Frequency: #414

Anagrams for Affair »

1. raffia

How to pronounce Affair?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Affair in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Affair in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Affair in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Affair in a Sentence

1. Thomas Mann:

   A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.

2. Neil Saunders:

   Black Friday has definitely transitioned more into a digital affair in the past five years, the focal point is not that single day anymore. It's an event spread out over several days.

3. Jan Smuts:

   Nazism ... destroys the very soul of our civilization ... I have not taken the same grave view of Bolshevism, for it never was clear to me that Bolshevism, in spite of its brutalities and cruelties, really threatened the essentials of our ethical civilization. And after all it was a revolution of a semi-barbarous people against a rotten government and an effete church. Nazi-ism in highly cultured Germany is a very different affair.

4. Herman Melville:

   There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes the whole universe for a vast practical joke.

5. Josh Hawley:

   That silence must end. The American people deserve answers, you said last fall that you did not know whether members of your office coordinated with the NSBA, but since then you have had plenty of time to find out. You must immediately explain your own role in this affair, as well as how intimately involved the NSBA and other groups were in shaping the official actions of your office.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Affair
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Affair
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Affair
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Affair
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Affair
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Affair
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Affair
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html