affair

affair
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. occasion, event, happening, occurrence; business; party (See sociality); amour, love affair, liaison (See love).
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Business; often plural ]
Syn. concern, business, responsibility, matter, duty, topic, subject, case, circumstance, thing, question, office, function, transaction, proceeding, operation, activity, private concern, personal business, calling, employment, occupation, profession, pursuit, obligation, job, province, realm, interest, mission, assignment, task, undertaking.
2. [An illicit love affair]
Syn. liaison, rendezvous, intrigue, amour, affaire, intimacy, Romance, relationship, love affair, affair of the heart, affaire d'amour, affaire de coeur ( both French), entanglement, dalliance, fling*.
3. [Party]
Syn. entertainment, gathering, function, occasion; see party 1 .
4. [A thing or event]
Syn. occurrence, matter, case, incident; see event 1 , thing 8 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. matter happening, activity, doing, business, thing, operation, concern, occurrence, event, incident.
2. social function *to-do, gala, black-tie affair, function, party, dinner, celebration, get-together, soiree.
3. love affair affaire d' amour, affaire de coeur, liaison, tryst, *fling, romance, rendezvous, intimacy, sexual relationship, *thing, adultery.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something to be done, considered, or dealt with: business, matter, thing. See THING. 2. A large or important social gathering: celebration, festivity, fete, function, gala, occasion, party, soiree. Informal: do. Slang: bash. See GROUP, WORK. 3. Something that concerns or involves one personally: business, concern, lookout. See RELEVANT. 4. An intimate sexual relationship between two people: amour, love, love affair, romance. See LOVE, SEX.

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