a vaguely specified concern; several matters to attend to; it is none of your affair; things are going well

[ Syn: matter , thing ]

a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

[ Syn: affaire , intimacy , liaison , involvement , amour ]

a vaguely specified social event; the party was quite an affair; an occasion arranged to honor the president; a seemingly endless round of social functions

[ Syn: occasion , social occasion , function , social function ]