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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. affair

   An affair can refer to multiple definitions depending on the context. However, in a general sense, it typically refers to a romantic or sexual relationship outside of a committed partnership or marriage. It often involves a significant breach of trust and can cause considerable emotional distress and turmoil for those involved.

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

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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. Melissa Stockwell:

   Those soldiers that go over to protect our freedom, they sacrifice so much to go over but it’s also the loved ones back home, i mean you tell someone thank you for your service but it’s a family affair.You have the caregivers back home, the spouses, the children – it’s an all-encompassing sacrifice.

2. Brian Cookson:

   After the Festina affair in 1998, the 1999 Tour which was supposed to be the tour of renewal. In that tour, Lance Armstrong had a positive test for cortisone, which was covered up by the UCI.

3. Marcus Aurelius:

   Shall any man hate me? That will be his affair. But I will be mild and benevolent toward every man, and ready to show even him his mistake, not reproachfully, nor yet as making a display of my endurance, but nobly and honestly.

4. Herman Cain:

   I'm not going to drop out because they are recycling the unfounded accusation from nearly eight years ago, i did know her. I don't deny that. I deny an affair.

5. 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.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affair
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=affair
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=affair
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=affair
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html