affair

n.

1. Something done or to be done; business.
2. affairs Transactions and other matters of professional or public business: affairs of state.
3. 1. An occurrence, event, or matter: The senator's death was a tragic affair.
   2. 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.

[Middle English affaire, from Old French afaire, from a faire, to do : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + faire, to do (from facere).]

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.

noun

1. Something to be done, considered, or dealt with: business, matter, thing. See thing.
2. A large or important social gathering: celebration, festivity, fete, function, gala, occasion, party, soiree. Informal do. Slang bash. See group, work/play.
3. Something that concerns or involves one personally: business, concern, lookout. See relevant/irrelevant.
4. An intimate sexual relationship between two people: amour, love, love affair, romance. See love/hatred, sex/asexual.

IN BRIEF: An event or happening.

The party was a grand affair.

Tutor's tip: It's better not to mix your "affairs" (business issues or concerns) with your "affaires" (romantic love relationships).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - affære, sag, anliggende

idioms:

• affair of honor    æressag

Nederlands (Dutch)
zaak, kwestie, verhouding

Français (French)
n. - affaire, liaison, aventure (amoureuse), affaires (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Angelegenheit, Geschäft, Affäre, Verhältnis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπόθεση, ζήτημα, απασχόληση, μέλημα, εργασία, δουλειά, γεγονός, συμβάν, (δημόσιο) σκάνδαλο, ερωτική σχέση ή περιπέτεια, ερωτικός δεσμός, κοινωνική εκδήλωση

idioms:

• affair of honor    ζήτημα τιμής, μονομαχία

Italiano (Italian)
faccenda, relazione, avventura extra coniugale

idioms:

• affair of honor    duello
• business affair    affare commerciale
• public affair    affare di Stato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - romance (m), negócio (m), ocupação (f), incidente (m)

idioms:

• affair of honor    questão (f) de honra
• business affair    relação (f) comercial
• love affair    romance (m), namoro (m)
• public affair    negócios (m pl) públicos

Русский (Russian)
дело, роман

idioms:

• affair of honor    дело чести, дуэль
• business affair    деловое мероприятие
• love affair    роман, любовная связь
• public affair    представляющее общественный интерес, все знают это дело

Español (Spanish)
n. - asunto, caso, aventura amorosa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - angelägenhet, händelse, affär

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
事, 事件, 事情, 事态, 业务, 事务, 风流韵事, 恋爱事件

idioms:

• affair of honor    为争名而进行的决斗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 事, 事件, 事情, 事態, 業務, 事務, 風流韻事, 戀愛事件

idioms:

• affair of honor    為爭名而進行的決鬥

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사건, 연애, 물건, 소 전쟁

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 事, 仕事, 業務, 事態, 情事, 事件, でき事, もの

idioms:

• affair of honor    決闘

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شؤون تجاريه أو مهنيه, مسأله, علاقه, أمر, شأن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עניין, עסק, דבר, פרשה, מאורע, משהו, פרשת אהבים, רומן‬

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