affair

UK /əˈfɛə/ US /əˈfɛɹ/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.

a difficult affair to manage

Responsibility is my affair, reciprocity is his.

2

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

an affair of honor

an affair of love

3

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

4

A material object (vaguely designated).

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

This garden is a ramshackle affair.

5

An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).

When Martin's wife found out about his affair with her best friend, she asked for a divorce.

Mary had an affair with a woman from the gym.

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