affair, n.
(affairs)
freq. cnt. 32
(affairs)
freq. cnt. 32
a vaguely specified concern
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 90 freq. cnt.: 35 freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 23
affair matter thing
sample sentences
"several matters to attend to""it is none of your affair"
"things are going well"
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
affair affaire amour intimacy involvement liaison
semantic pointers
hypernym
a vaguely specified social event
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4
affair function occasion social function social occasion
sample sentences
"the party was quite an affair""an occasion arranged to honor the president"
"a seemingly endless round of social functions"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym