1. Something done or to be done; business. 2.affairs Transactions and other matters of professional or public business: affairs of state.3a. An occurrence, event, or matter: The senator's death was a tragic affair.b. A social function. 4. An object or a contrivance: Their first car was a ramshackle affair.5. A matter of personal concern. 6.affairs Personal business: get one's affairs in order.7. A matter causing public scandal and controversy: the Dreyfus affair.8. A romantic and sexual relationship, sometimes one of brief duration, between two people who are not married to each other.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English affaire, from Old French afaire, from a faire, to do : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad–) + faire, to do (from facere; see dh- in Appendix I).
SYNONYMS:
affair, business, concern, lookout These nouns denote something that involves one personally: I won't comment on that; it's not my affair. That's none of your business. Mind your own concerns. It's your lookout to file your application on time.
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