Overview of noun affairs

The noun affairs has 2 senses

• personal business, personal matters, affairs -- (matters of personal concern; "get his affairs in order")


• affairs -- (transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state")

Overview of noun affair

The noun affair has 3 senses

• matter, affair, thing -- (a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well")


• affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour -- (a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship)


• 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")