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Noun
S:
(n)
matter
,
affair
,
thing
(a vaguely specified concern)
"several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
S:
(n)
affair
,
affaire
,
intimacy
,
liaison
,
involvement
,
amour
(a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship)
S:
(n)
affair
,
occasion
,
social occasion
,
function
,
social function
(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"