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Definition of: affair
(ə·fâr′) noun
1. Anything done or to be done; business; concern: often in plural.
2. An unimportant event, as a skirmish; matter; thing.
3. A vague or indefinite object or fact: The first ship was a rude affair.
4. See LOVE AFFAIR. See synonyms under BATTLE, BUSINESS, TRANSACTION. [<OF afaire <a faire to do <L ad to + facere do]
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