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AFFAIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vaguely specified concern
Example:
things are going well
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("affair" is a kind of...):
concern (something that interests you because it is important or affects you)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affair"):
least (something that is of no importance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A vaguely specified social event
Example:
a seemingly endless round of social functions
Synonyms:
affair; function; occasion; social function; social occasion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("affair" is a kind of...):
social event (an event characteristic of persons forming groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affair"):
party (an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment)
celebration; jubilation (a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event)
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
fundraiser (a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money)
photo op; photo opportunity (an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed)
sleepover (an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
Synonyms:
affair; affaire; amour; intimacy; involvement; liaison
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("affair" is a kind of...):
sexual relationship (a relationship involving sexual intimacy)
Context examples:
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient believe that his/her spouse is having an affair?
(NPI - His/Her Spouse is Having an Affair, NCI Thesaurus)
Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version (FAQ-NACC Version) Assembling tax records, business affairs, or papers.
(FAQ-NACC Version - Assemble, NCI Thesaurus)
Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Assembling tax records, business affairs, or papers.
(FAQ - Assemble, NCI Thesaurus)
I read of men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It was not very long after this that there occurred the first of the mysterious events that rid us at last of the captain, though not, as you will see, of his affairs.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It is de affair of de Prince dat I speak of.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Begone, I say, and meddle not with my affair.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A condition of a document indicating its relative position or state of affairs in relation to other documents and/or activities, especially in regard to document processing.
(Document Status, NCI Thesaurus)
Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Show an interest in his/her personal affairs such as his/her finances and written correspondence?
(DAD - Show an Interest in Personal Affairs such as Finances and Written Correspondence, NCI Thesaurus)
Then he would devote himself to the more serious affairs of life.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
