Definition of affair

Overview of noun affair

The noun affair has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (23) matter, affair, thing

(a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well")

2. (5) affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour

(a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship)

3. (4) affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function

(a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions")