affairs
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3.7
- noun
- /əˈfɛrz/
- Formal
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asuntos
- The meeting was called to address pressing local affairs that needed immediate attention.
- corporate affairs
- consumer and corporate affairs
He's a member of the foreign affairs councils of the Council of.
- He's a member of the foreign affairs councils of the Council of.
- They didn't think about in large part international affairs, Foreign Relations.
- Though he did meddle in all those affairs, he was never really a despot.
- It is the power to run local affairs as authorized by the central leadership.
- Saudi complaints about Iran are first interference in Arab affairs.
- If you also, if you watch too much television or current affairs,
- He's the president's chief advisor on national security affairs that involve the use of military force.
- And then I got a scholarship in France from like their Foreign Affair ministry.
- It might even produce important things happening in human affairs.
- damn affairs. And so what's happening in the world,
Examples
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It is the power to run local affairs as authorized by the central leadership.
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I GOT A CALL FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN LATE JANUARY, AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO HANDLE HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS RECONSTRUCTION.
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By hard news programming, I mean news about public affairs, news about current, current events.
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It's annoying to be too much involved in the affairs of other people.
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Did she ever raise as the Exchequer Secretary the tax affairs of Google?
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So we would, we would make references to British current affairs, references to American trends.
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Luke Graham Speaker yesterday the Scottish Affairs Committee heard from RBS executives.
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AND DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS?
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RELIGION AND CONFLICT IN CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS
Academic text (2007) -
The committee discussed various public affairs, including healthcare and education reforms.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Work or study about government, laws, and public decisions
Antonyms
Idioms
- Formal
1
7.0
Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death
Compounds
16
3.6
Matters and relations between countries about politics, trade, or diplomacy
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3.5
A part of the United States government that gives benefits and services to military veterans
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4.9
The person who leads the United States government department that helps people who used to be in the military
A university degree about government policy and running public services
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Affairs comes from an old word faire, which meant 'to do' or 'business' (like the English verb 'do'). So thinking of affairs as 'things to be done' helps explain why we use it for public, political, or professional matters today.