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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Affair \Af*fair"\ ([a^]f*f[^a]r"), n. [OE. afere, affere, OF.
     afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do.
     See Fact, and cf. Ado.]
     1. 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. ``A talent
        for affairs.'' --Prescott.
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     2. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or
        characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a
        duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mil.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude
        to be called a battle.
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     4. Action; endeavor. [Obs.]
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              And with his best affair
              Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun.       --Chapman.
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     5. A material object (vaguely designated).
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              A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and
              faded.                                --Hawthorne.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Affair \Af*fair"\ ([a^]f*f[^a]r"), n. [OE. afere, affere, OF.
     afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do.
     See Fact, and cf. Ado.]
     1. 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. ``A talent
        for affairs.'' --Prescott.
  
     2. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or
        characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a
        duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.
  
     3. (Mil.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude
        to be called a battle.
  
     4. Action; endeavor. [Obs.]
  
              And with his best affair Obeyed the pleasure of the
              Sun.                                  --Chapman.
  
     5. A material object (vaguely designated).
  
              A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and
              faded.                                --Hawthorne.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  affair
       n 1: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to";
            "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
            [syn: matter, thing]
       2: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affaire,
           intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour]
       3: a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an
          affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a
          seemingly endless round of social functions" [syn: occasion,
           social occasion, function, social function]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affair
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η υπόθεση (ζήτημα)
     2 ερωτική σχέση, συνήθως έντονη κι όχι μεγάλης διάρκειας

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affair
     Spanish n.
     (l en affair) (gloss: extramarital relationship)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  affair
     n.
     1 (lb en often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be
  done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
     2 Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or
  characterize vaguely.
     3 (lb en military) An action or engagement not of sufficient
  magnitude to be called a battle.
     4 A material object (vaguely designated).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  affair
     Spanish n.
     (l en affair) (gloss: extramarital relationship)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  affair
     Spanish n.
     (l en affair) (gloss: extramarital relationship)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affair
     Englanti n.
     1 asia, tehtävä
     2 suhde; syrjähyppy
     3 vekotin, esine

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affair
     Engelska n.
     1 /kärleksaffär/affär, /kärleksförhållande/förhållande,
  /kärlekshistoria/historia
     2 angelägenhet, sak, grej

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  affair /ɐfˈeə/
  affêre, affêring, ding, saak

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Affair /ɐfˈeə/
  الشّأن

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  affair //əˈfɛə// //əˈfɛɚ// //əˈfɛɹ// 
  1. схватка
  action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle
  2. връзка
  adulterous relationship
  3. въпрос
  material object (vaguely designated)
  4. дело, работа
  that which is done or is to be done