affair
/əˈfɛr/
noun
- An event, situation, or matter of a particular kind.
- She didn't want to discuss the affair any further.
- The wedding was a grand affair with hundreds of guests.
- The whole affair was handled very professionally by the team.
- A romantic or sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other, especially one that is kept secret.
- He ended the affair to try to save his marriage.
- The novel tells the story of a secret affair between a diplomat and a journalist.
- Their affair lasted for several years before it was discovered.
- A person's private or personal concern or business.
- What I do in my free time is my own affair.
- She considered her finances a private affair.
- Please don't interfere; it's my affair, not yours.