affairs Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun matters of personal concern
personal business; personal matters.
- get his affairs in order
noun transactions of professional or public interest
- news of current affairs
- great affairs of state
noun a vaguely specified concern
matter; thing; affair.
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
noun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
affair; liaison; involvement; affaire; amour; intimacy.
noun a vaguely specified social event
function; affair; social occasion; social function; occasion.
- the party was quite an affair
- an occasion arranged to honor the president
- a seemingly endless round of social functions