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Definitions for affairs
af·fairs
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Princeton's WordNet
personal business, personal matters, affairs(noun)
matters of personal concern
"get his affairs in order"
affairs(noun)
transactions of professional or public interest
"news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'affairs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1378
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'affairs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3847
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raffias
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of affairs in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of affairs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of affairs in a Sentence
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar:
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying:
The EU report disregards the facts and makes unfounded criticism about Hong Kong affairs. We express our firm opposition to this, the Chinese government's determination to implement 'one country, two systems' is unwavering and will not change.
That's the state of affairs right now, you're going to see those retailers reducing their footprint to bring their costs in line with their sales. ... I think rental rates are going to have to come down tremendously to attract tenancy to those spaces.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice:
We have a lot of good people in the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, but this incident was completely unacceptable.
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