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.

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

2. affair(Noun)

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

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

3. affair(Noun)

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

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

4. affair(Noun)

   A material object (vaguely designated).

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

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

5. affair(Noun)

   An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cu0153ur.)

   Etymology: 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

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

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

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

3. Affair(noun)

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

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

4. Affair(noun)

   action; endeavor

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

5. Affair(noun)

   a material object (vaguely designated)

   Etymology: [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.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. affair

   An indecisive engagement; a duel.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. affair

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

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?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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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. Jennifer Lawrence:

   I never had an affair with Chris Pratt on ‘Passengers,’ that’s a good one.

2. Neil McArthur:

   When Akihiko Kondo look at people who've had difficult sexual experiences, they often find trouble having human partners. People wonder why they'd have sex with a robot or a love affair with a hologram because it's passive, but having a partner who is safe and predictable is often very helpful therapeutically.

3. Pavlos Kontides:

   My relationship with the sea is unique I would say. It's an affair from a young age( I was) always attracted to it. It's just something that always calms me and I love being next to it.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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