affair

affair: ə'feə
noun

1) (happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing: the Suez affair.) sak, begivenhet, affære

2) (a thing: The new machine is a weird-looking affair.) sak, greie

3) ((often in plural) business; concern(s): financial affairs; Where I go is entirely my own affair.) sak, anliggende

4) (a love relationship: His wife found out about his affair with another woman.) kjærlighetsforhold

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subst. \/əˈfeə\/

1) anliggende, sak, affære

• that's my own affair

det er\/blir min egen sak

2) hendelse, historie

• the railway accident was a terrible affair

togulykken var en forferdelig hendelse

• the party was a tedious affair

selskapet var kjedelig

3) sak, greie, dings

• her dress was a décolleté affair

kjolen hennes var en dypt utringet sak

4) kjærlighetsforhold

affair of honour duell

affairs forhold, anliggender, forretninger

affairs of state statsanliggender

as affairs stand som forholdene er\/ligger an, som saken står

at the head of affairs i spissen (for det hele)

current affairs aktuelle spørsmål, aktuelle problemer

economic affairs finanssaker, finansaffærer

foreign affairs utenrikssaker

have an affair with ha et forhold til, ha en kjærlighetsaffære med

mind one's own affairs passe sine egne saker

public affairs offentlige anliggender

state of affairs sakens tilstand, slik\/som forholdene er

• it's an awful state of affairs

det står virkelig dårlig til

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Synonyms:

Business, concern, function, duty, office, matter, circumstance, question, subject / Event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performance / Battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush

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affair — 1 Affair, business, concern, matter, thing come into comparison only when they are little more than vague or general terms meaning something done or dealt with. Some or rarely all are used interchangeably in certain similar collocations such as… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Affair — Af*fair ([a^]f*f[^a]r ), n. [OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See {Fact}, and cf. {Ado}.] 1. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
affair — (n.) c.1300, what one has to do, from Anglo French afere, O.Fr. afaire (12c., Mod.Fr. affaire) business, event; rank, estate, from the infinitive phrase à faire to do, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + facere to do, make (see FACTITIOUS … Etymology dictionary
affair — [n1] matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence,… … New thesaurus
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affair — [ə fer′] n. [ME afere < OFr afaire < a faire, to do < L ad , to + facere, DO1] 1. a thing to be done; business 2. [pl.] matters of business or concern 3. any matter, occurrence, or thing 4. a social function or gathering … English World dictionary
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affair — noun 1 event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ whole ▪ She saw the whole affair as a great joke. ▪ glittering, grand ▪ I knew that the wedding would be a grand affair. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
affair — [[t]əfe͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ affairs 1) N SING: the N If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair. The government has mishandled the whole affair... The affair began when… … English dictionary

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