public / political activities
1 (affairs) [pl.] events that are of public interest or political importance:
world / international / business affairs * an expert on foreign affairs (= political events in other countries) * affairs of state
seealsoCURRENTAFFAIRS
event
2 [C,usually sing.] an event that people are talking about or describing in a particular way:
The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly. * The debate was a pretty disappointing affair. * She wanted the celebration to be a simple family affair. * the Whitewater affair
relationship
3 [C] a sexual relationship between two people, usually when one or both of them is married to sb else:
She is having an affair with her boss. * They had a passionate affair for six months.
seealsoLOVEAFFAIR
private business
4 (affairs) [pl.] matters connected with a person's private business and financial situation:
I looked after my father's financial affairs.
5 [sing.] a thing that sb is responsible for (and that other people should not be concerned with):
How I spend my money is my affair.
object
6 [C] (old-fashioned) (with an adjective) an object that is unusual or difficult to describe:
Her hat was an amazing affair with feathers and a huge brim.
IDIOMS see STATEn.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for affair is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is affair a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, affair is tagged as noun.
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