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affair

noun

a vaguely specified concern

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
A
Ends with
R
Contains
FF
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

əˈfɛɹ

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. a vaguely specified concern

    “several matters to attend to”

noun

  1. a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

    “the party was quite an affair”

noun

  1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

In context

Example Sentences

several matters to attend to
it is none of your affair
things are going well
the party was quite an affair
an occasion arranged to honor the president
a seemingly endless round of social functions

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