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- pronunciation:
feIr
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an occurrence, event, matter, or happening.
It was a sad affair when the senator's son was kidnapped.- synonyms:
- event, happening, incident, matter, occurrence
- similar words:
- business, episode, occasion
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| definition 2: |
(pl.) public or business matters.
As mayor, he is busy with the affairs of the city.- similar words:
- business, concerns, matters, transactions, undertakings
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| definition 3: |
a party or social gathering.
Their wedding was the most exciting affair of the summer.- synonyms:
- event, function, party
- similar words:
- occasion, reception, social, soiree
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| definition 4: |
a personal matter or concern.
The matter is private and not your affair.You are too interested in other people's affairs.- synonyms:
- business, concern, matter
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| definition 5: |
a love relationship, often an illicit one.
He was sad when his long love affair ended, but then he met and married my grandmother.I heard that her husband is having an affair with the woman next door.- synonyms:
- amour, intrigue, liaison
- similar words:
- adultery, relationship
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| definition 6: |
a controversial situation or occurrence; scandal.
Articles about the Watergate affair were in the newspapers every day.- synonyms:
- scandal
- similar words:
- controversy, debacle, fiasco, furor
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| related words: |
benefit, case, experience, fling, happening, incident, interest, proceeding, world |
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