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" We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children."
Joycelyn Elders

Meaning of "affair" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFFAIR

From Old French, from à faire to do.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AFFAIR

əˈfɛə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFAIR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Affair is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AFFAIR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Affair

An affair is a sexual relationship or a romantic friendship or passionate attachment between two people.

Definition of affair in the English dictionary

The first definition of affair in the dictionary is a thing to be done or attended to; matter; business. Other definition of affair is an event or happening. Affair is also something previously specified, esp a man-made object; thing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFAIR

airfare · fair · fanfare · fare · fayre · fieldfare · forfair · funfair · lawfare · Mayfair · misfare · savoir-faire · thoroughfare · unfair · warfare · welfare · workfare

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFAIR

aff · affability · affable · affably · affaire · affaire d´amour · affaire d´honneur · affaire de coeur · affaires d´amour · affaires d´honneur · affaires de coeur · affairs · affear · affeare · affect · affectability · affectable · affectation · affected · affectedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFAIR

a breath of fresh air · air · barnet fair · bid fair · Blair · book fair · chair · Clair · craft fair · hair · hiring-fair · hot air · in the air · love affair · pair · play fair · repair · sair · trade fair · up in the air

Synonyms and antonyms of affair in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AFFAIR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «affair» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «affair» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF AFFAIR

Find out the translation of affair to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of affair from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «affair» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

事务
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

asunto
570 millions of speakers
en

English

affair
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मामला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَأْن
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дело
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

assunto
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাপার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

affaire
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Urusannya
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Angelegenheit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

事柄
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Urusan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vấn đề
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

விவகாரம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रकरण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

mesele
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

questione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sprawa
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

справа
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

afacere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπόθεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verhouding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

affär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

affære
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of affair

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFAIR»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of affair
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about affair

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «AFFAIR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word affair.
1
Mario Benedetti
When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem.
2
Dennis Bergkamp
So here, at Arsenal, we are often surprised when we are shown some of the newspapers, and at the bottom of an article there is a line saying if you know of anyone who had an affair with a player, call this number. It is very strange to us.
3
Brenda Blethyn
The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.
4
Bobbi Brown
I've had a lifelong love affair with makeup. When I was a little girl, I used to take my mother's makeup and paint all of my dolls' faces, and I even painted the dog's face!
5
Vincent Bugliosi
It was OK for the media to pursue Former President Clinton year after year for lying about a private, consensual sexual affair, but we have five justices who committed one of the biggest crimes in American History, and it ceased to be a big story.
6
Ron Chernow
Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is possible for entrepreneurs, technological visionaries and inventors of every sort to get financing.
7
Ezra Cornell
I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice.
8
John Cusack
Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess.
9
Lou Doillon
I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations.
10
Joycelyn Elders
We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFAIR»

Discover the use of affair in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to affair and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fatal Affair: Book One of The Fatal Series
Sleeping with a material witness is another mistake she can't afford—especially when the bodies keep piling up. Book 1 of the Fatal Series by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Force 97,000 words
Marie Force, 2010
2
Affair!: How to Manage Every Aspect of Your Extramarital ...
Contrary to what the media like to portray, many of the major pitfalls are avoidable and an extramarital relationship can bring a person greater happiness and personal growth if properly managed. Your Affair shows how.
H. Cameron Barnes, 2011
3
Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, ...
Based on the combined insight of leading marital therapists and researchers, this book helps them overcome the initial shock, understand what happened and why, and think clearly about their best interests before they act.
Douglas K. Snyder, Donald H. Baucom, Kristina Coop Gordon, 2007
4
Surviving an Affair
A guide to reconciliation outlines steps towards recovering from infidelity and rebuilding a loving trusting marriage
Willard F. Jr. Harley, Jennifer Harley Chalmers, 1998
5
The Affair (with bonus short story Second Son): A Jack ...
The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission—and turn him into a man to be feared. Don’t miss Lee Child’s short story “Second Son” and a sneak peek of his new novel, A Wanted Man, in the back of the book.
Lee Child, 2011
6
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When ...
For the 70 percent of couples who have been affected by extramarital affairs, this is the only book to offer proven strategies for surviving the crisis and rebuilding the relationship –– written by a nationally known therapist ...
Janis A. Spring, 1997
7
The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History
"A classic introduction to Galileo's masterpiece."--William A. Wallace, author of Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof
Maurice A. Finocchiaro, 1989
8
The Damascus Affair: 'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews ...
This book, the first since 1840, assesses the affair as a factor in European and Jewish politics of the time, a chapter in Jewish history and historiography, and the stuff of radically conflicting myths that eventually led to the Holocaust ...
Jonathan Frankel, 1997
9
The Lysenko Affair
The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science.
David Joravsky, 2010
10
A Deadly Affair
A promising young attorney and a dedicated family man, Michael Fletcher seemed to have it all.
Tom Henderson, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFAIR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term affair is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Grandma is in a tough spot after son's affair
Dear Abby • My son had an affair that resulted in the birth of a child outside his marriage. The baby is extremely ill. My daughter-in-law has ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
2
Charlotte's christening a family affair
Britain's Princess Charlotte was christened in front of Queen Elizabeth and close family and friends yesterday as the Cambridges had their first ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Q&A: Barnaby Joyce withdraws as panellist over Zaky Mallah affair
ABC managing director Mark Scott has criticised Tony Abbott's instruction that Barnaby Joyce withdraw from tonight's Q&A program, after the ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Public spat as MP accuses selfie-mad wife of an affair
Labour MP Simon Danczuk has accused his wife Karen of having a five-month affair with her personal trainer and is demanding a divorce. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Bluff a family affair for Mitchell
Bluff a family affair for Mitchell. BLAKE FODEN. Last updated 05:00, July 6 2015. Susan Marshall, Avice Mitchell, Steve Mitchell and David Marshall take in the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Married to Medicine: Quad Exposes Lisa Nicole Arrest, Husband's …
Married to Medicine: Quad Exposes Lisa Nicole Arrest, Husband's Affair, Love Child. by 2Paragraphs in Culture | July 5, 2015. Quad married to medicine. «2paragraphs.com, Jul 15»
7
Annual race proves to be a family affair
TWELVE MILE - There is competition, certainly, amongst the 40-plus competitors that comprised the fields of the three varying races at ... «News Sentinel, Jul 15»
8
It's all Uber! France ends its love affair with ride-sharing app
Ride-sharing app Uber announced on Friday that it was ditching its French service. Following a week of increasingly violent clashes with ... «The Register, Jul 15»
9
WVU loses running back to a baseball family affair
MORGANTOWN — Garrett Hope was listed as a running back on West Virginia University's 2014 football roster. But now he's no longer a ... «Beckley Register-Herald, Jul 15»
10
Video: Sonny Bill Williams looking forward to family affair in Samoa …
Sonny Bill Williams admits family loyalties may be divided when he runs out on Apia Park against Manu Samoa on Wednesday. The All Blacks ... «3News NZ, Jul 15»
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