affair
21affair — noun 1) what you do is your own affair Syn: business, concern, matter, responsibility, province, preserve; problem, worry 2) (affairs) his financial affairs Syn: transact …
22affair — Synonyms and related words: activities, activity, adulterous affair, adultery, affairs, amor, amour, article, artifact, at home, attempt, bag, beeswax, business, care, commerce, commitment, concern, concernment, contract, cuckoldry, cup of tea,… …
23affair — [13] Like ado, and of course to do, affair originally meant literally ‘to do’. It was coined in Old French from the phrase à faire ‘to do’, and entered English via Anglo Norman afere. The spelling affair was established by Caxton, who based it on …
24affair — noun 1) it was a strange affair Syn: event, incident, episode, case, matter, business 2) what you do is your affair Syn: business, concern, matter, responsibility; …
25affair — af•fair [[t]əˈfɛər[/t]] n. 1) anything requiring action or effort; business; concern 2) affairs, matters of commercial or public interest or concern: affairs of state[/ex] 3) thing; matter (usu. used with a descriptive or qualifying term): Our… …
26affair — [13] Like ado, and of course to do, affair originally meant literally ‘to do’. It was coined in Old French from the phrase à faire ‘to do’, and entered English via Anglo Norman afere. The spelling affair was established by Caxton, who based it on …
27affair — n. 1 a concern; a business; a matter to be attended to (that is my affair). 2 a a celebrated or notorious happening or sequence of events. b colloq. a noteworthy thing or event (was a puzzling affair). 3 = love affair. 4 (in pl.) a ordinary… …
28affair — noun /əˈfɛɹ/ a) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; mdash; often in the plural. a difficult affair to manage b) Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to… …
29affair — n 1. concern, business, matter, topic, interest, Dial. nevermind; transaction, undertaking, operation, action, proceeding; fact, thing, particular, point. 2. affairs concerns, matters, activities, business; transactions, finances, ventures,… …
30affair*/*/*/ — [əˈfeə] noun 1) affairs [plural] events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy etc of a country or region The Senator is an expert on foreign affairs.[/ex] a government spokesperson on consumer affairs[/ex] See: current… …
