1. (

• matter ,
• affair ,
• thing ,

) a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" ;

2. (

• affair ,
• affaire ,
• intimacy ,
• liaison ,
• involvement ,
• amour

) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship ;

3. (

• 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" ;