Definitions for affair
əˈfɛəraf·fair

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. matter, affair, thing(noun)

   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, amour(noun)

   a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

3. 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"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. affair(Noun)

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

3. affair(Noun)

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

4. affair(Noun)

   A material object (vaguely designated).

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

5. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. 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

3. Affair(noun)

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

4. Affair(noun)

   action; endeavor

5. Affair(noun)

   a material object (vaguely designated)

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

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Affair

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.]

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

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. Beth Souza:

   This project has been a family affair.

2. Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche:

   But with the VW affair, there is nothing else to do.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   To be a poet is a love affair, not a desire to dare.

4. Thomas Mann:

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

5. Julian Fellowes:

   [Society] could turn a blind eye to a widow having an affair.

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