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affair

/əˈfeɚ/

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noun

plural -fairs

affairs [plural] :work or activities done for a purpose :commercial, professional, public, or personal business

The group conducts its affairs [=business] in private.

We were told to arrange/settle our affairs. = We were told to put our affairs in order.

handling/managing someone else's affairs

They seem to be quite pleased with the current/present state of affairs. [=situation]

She's the company's director of public affairs. [=the person who manages a company's relationship with the public]

She's an expert in foreign affairs. [=events and activities that involve foreign countries]

world/international affairs [=events and activities that involve different nations]

After the war, the government focused on its own domestic affairs.

They accused the U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.

[count] :a matter that concerns or involves someone

This has nothing to do with you. It's not your affair. [=business, concern] = It's none of your affair. [=business]

How I choose to live is my affair, not yours.

[count] :a secret sexual relationship between two people :love affair

adulterous/extramarital affairs between married men and single women - often used in the phrase have an affair

She divorced her husband after she discovered that he was having an affair. - often + with

She had an affair with a coworker.

[count] a social event or activity

He wants to make their wedding day an affair to remember. [=a special event]

a simple/elaborate affair

We were invited to a black-tie affair [=a party in which men wear tuxedos and women wear fancy dresses] at the governor's mansion.

an event or series of events that usually involves well-known people

the famous hostage affair of the late 1970s

The public has shown little interest in the whole affair. - often used with proper names

the Iran-Contra affair [=scandal]

[count] informal :something made or produced :an object or thing

The only bridge across the river was a flimsy affair of ropes and rotten wood.