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affair*/*/*/
[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 affairs
2) affairs
[plural] things relating to your personal life, for example what is happening in your family or with your financial situation
We are friends, but I don't know much about their private affairs.[/ex]
3) [C] something that happens, especially something shocking, in public or political life
The president's popularity was unaffected by the whole affair.[/ex]
4) [C] a sexual relationship between two people, especially when one of them is married to someone else
Her husband denied that he was having an affair.[/ex]

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