affair

[ uh-fair ]
/ əˈfɛər /

noun

Origin of affair

1250–1300; earlier affaire < French, Old French afaire for a faire to do, equivalent to a (< Latin ad to) + faire ≪ Latin facere; replacing Middle English afere < Old French

Example sentences from the Web for affairs

British Dictionary definitions for affairs (1 of 2)

affairs
/ (əˈfɛəz) /

pl n

personal or business interests his affairs were in disorder
matters of public interest current affairs

British Dictionary definitions for affairs (2 of 2)

affair
/ (əˈfɛə) /

noun

a thing to be done or attended to; matter; business this affair must be cleared up
an event or happening a strange affair
(qualified by an adjective or descriptive phrase) something previously specified, esp a man-made object; thing our house is a tumbledown affair
a sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other
See also affairs

Word Origin for affair

C13: from Old French, from à faire to do