Definitions for Affairs
Affairs

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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"

Matched Categories

1. • Concern
   • Transaction

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

Anagrams for Affairs »

1. raffias

How to pronounce Affairs?

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 Affairs in sign language?

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. Billy Bob Thornton:

   I am probably obsolete as a movie director in the current state of affairs, i was under the influence of Southern novelists and that kind of thing. I am not sure there’s much of a market for it.

2. State John Kerry:

   I raised it immediately with the Iranians. It was not put out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the government directly, it was put out, I think, by the military over there, the (Revolutionary Guard), who is opposed to what we are doing.

3. Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko:

   Japanese companies should not come to actual harm. Basically, this is something we'd like to have the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deal with.

4. Audrey Hope:

   Relationships can grow stronger after affairs and scandals but you must do the healing necessary on the relationship.

5. Alexander Hamilton:

   [T]here is a wide difference between closing the door altogether and throwing it entirely open; between a postponement of fourteen years and an immediate admission to all the rights of citizenship. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of at least a probability of their feeling a real interest in our affairs.

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