- anything done or to be done; anything requiring action or effort; business; concern: an affair of great importance.
- matters of commercial or public interest or concern; the transactions of public or private business or finance: affairs of state; Before taking such a long trip you should put all your affairs in order.
- an event or a performance; a particular action, operation, or proceeding: When did this affair happen?
- thing; matter (applied to anything made or existing, usually with a descriptive or qualifying term): Our new computer is an amazing affair.
- a private or personal concern; a special function, business, or duty: That's none of your affair.
- an intense amorous relationship, usually of short duration.
- an event or happening that occasions or arouses notoriety, dispute, and often public scandal; incident: the Congressional bribery affair.
- a party, social gathering, or other organized festive occasion: The awards ceremony is the biggest affair on the school calendar.
- a thing to be done or attended to; matter; business
- an event or happening
- something previously specified, esp a man-made object; thing
- a sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other
