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Definition of Affair
1. Noun. A vaguely specified concern. "Things are going well"
2. Noun. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
3. Noun. A vaguely specified social event. "A seemingly endless round of social functions"
Generic synonyms: Social Event
Specialized synonyms: Party, Celebration, Jubilation, Ceremonial, Ceremonial Occasion, Ceremony, Observance, Fundraiser, Photo Op, Photo Opportunity, Sleepover
Definition of Affair
1. n. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.
Definition of Affair
1. Noun. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural. ¹
2. Noun. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. ¹
3. Noun. (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. ¹
4. Noun. A material object (vaguely designated). ¹
5. Noun. An adulterous relationship. (from ''affaire de cœur''.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affair
1. anything done or to be done [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affair
Literary usage of Affair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"THE affair or LOOKOUT VALLEY. — Relief of Chattanooga. — THE BATTLE or MISSIONARY
F.IDOK. ... Cleburne's Gallant affair. — LONGSTREET'S EXPEDITION AGAINST* ..."
2. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"MICAH CLARKE XXVII OF THE affair NEAR KEYNSHAM BRIDGE MONDAY, June 21, 1685,
broke very dark and windy, with dull clouds moving heavily across the sky and a ..."
3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... me that Federigo de' Ricci prevented them from despatching the affair.
Averardo Serristori and Alessandri in particular made a tremendous stir about it, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"... behaviour throughout this affair—Henry pardons the Baron de Lux and the Count
of Auvergne, who again betrays him—Reasons why he behaved thus to the ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The notorious affair of ... No incident in South African history has been made
more use of, or has been more distorted, than the affair of ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Importunate claimants were expelled the kingdom under the Alien Act. The affair
began to wear the aspect of a deliberate fraud. ..."
7. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1857)
"HAVING brought the army to a halt, we have time to notice a correspondence between
General Lee and Washington immediately subsequent to the affair of ..."
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