Dictionary Entry
affair
affair is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.
- 2noun
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.
- 3noun
An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- 4noun
Action; endeavor.
- 5noun
A material object (vaguely designated).
- 6noun
a vaguely specified concern
"several matters to attend to"
"it is none of your affair"
- 7noun
a vaguely specified social event
"the party was quite an affair"
"an occasion arranged to honor the president"
- 8noun
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
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