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UK [əˈfeə(r)] / US [əˈfer] noun
Word forms "affair":
singular affair plural affairs
1) affairs
[plural] events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy etc of a country, region, or the world

a public affairs consultant

a social/regional/international affairs correspondent

The new president is seen to be unreliable on foreign affairs.

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2) affairs
[plural] things relating to your personal life, for example what is happening within your family or your financial situation

We are friends, but I don't know much about their private affairs.

3) [countable, usually singular] something that happens, especially something shocking, in public or political life

Several government ministers resigned because of the affair.

The president's popularity remained largely unaffected by the whole affair.

4) [countable] a sexual relationship between two people, especially when one of them is married to someone else
have an affair:

Her husband denied that he was having an affair.

5)
a) [countable] used for talking about an event, situation etc

The party was a rather dull affair.

a family affair:

The film is very much a family affair – all her brothers are in the cast.

b) informal used for talking about what an object looks like

Her dress was a long silky affair.

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