Synonym: business, concern, event, festivity, happening, matter, occasion, occurrence, party. Similar words: unfair, fairly, fair play, off and on, faint, staff, affect, fail to. Meaning: [ə'feə] 
n. 1. a vaguely specified concern 2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship 3. a vaguely specified social event.
n. 1. a vaguely specified concern 2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship 3. a vaguely specified social event. 
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121. He was nobbled by the press who wanted details of the affair.
122. They have started legal proceedings against two publications which spoke of an affair.
123. Silva issued a statement denying all knowledge of the affair.
124. Their 4-1 win in Honduras was a particularly lively affair.
125. Evidently, she had nothing to do with the whole affair.
126. All their beds were distinctive; Mac'swas an iron affair with brass knobs.
127. Though she enjoyed flirting with Matt, it had not entered her head to have an affair with him.
128. The government has come in for fierce criticism over its handling of this affair.
129. Their love affair was played out against the background of a country at war.
130. He resigned over persistent rumours of his affair with an actress.
131. They had an affair once but that's past history now.
132. Economically and politically, this affair couldn't come at a worse time.
133. She professes ignorance of the whole affair, though I'm not sure I believe her.
134. Violet's diary entry for 20 April 1917 records Brigit admitting to the affair.
135. We all knew by then that the affair was practically over.
136. We demand an independent inquiry into the government's handling of the affair.
137. The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.
138. The whole affair does not reflect well on the government.
139. More than two students have been concerned in this affair.
140. The government hushed the affair up to avoid a public outcry.
141. The director has come in for a lot of criticism over his handling of the affair.
142. Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
143. The judges have been heavily criticized for their partiality in the whole affair.
144. He has been having a clandestine affair with his secretary for three years.
145. When she had an affair with her friend's husband[sentencedict.com],[Sentencedict.com ] she wittingly set off a chain of crises.
146. The stages in her love affair with Harry are perceptively written.
147. Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted.
148. She entered upon a love affair which was to ruin her marriage.
149. He will now face a disciplinary hearing for having an affair.
150. The whole affair was blown up out of all proportion.
More similar words: unfair, fairly, fair play, off and on, faint, staff, affect, fail to, can afford, afford to, as a matter of fact, decaffeinated, air, hair, pair, stair, chair, by air, repair, impair, a pair of, airport, in the air, airline, chairman, aircraft, upstairs, airplane, wheelchair, questionnaire.