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English Dictionary: affair	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for affair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affair n a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" Synonym(s): matter, affair, thing a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship Synonym(s): affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour 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" Synonym(s): affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affair \Affair"\ ([acr]ff[acir]r"), n. [OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See {Fact}, and cf. {Ado}.] 1. 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. [bd]At the head of affairs.[b8] --Junius. [bd]A talent for affairs.[b8] --Prescott. 2. 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. (Mil.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. 4. Action; endeavor. [Obs.] And with his best affair Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun. --Chapman. 5. A material object (vaguely designated). A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. --Hawthorne.