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affairs

affairs

1 3.0
Personal or private matters like money, papers and responsibilities
  • noun
  • /əˈfɛrz/
translation icon : asuntos personales
  • Many people struggle to keep their financial affairs organized during tax season.

Most men now men have affairs for love and affection.

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Examples

  • SO LOOK YOU MIND YOUR OWN AFFAIRS.

  • Each house conducts its affairs in business like manner before the freshman quizzes.

  • As I go about my daily affairs, I listen to my own guidance.

  • As I go about my daily affairs, I listen to my own guidance.

  • Having a household, managing your affairs, trying to grow your place.

  • But in all affairs, you can proceed without conventional approval.

  • Your work is so important and vital and I wish you the best with this book and and all your affairs at your service, my friend.

  • That's what most people do is they rearrange their, their business affairs so as to minimise tax.

  • I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP INTERFERING IN MY AFFAIRS.

  • It is essential to manage your personal affairs to maintain a balanced life.

Synonyms

personal matters
vsaffairs
32 2.8

Private things about someone's life, like family or health issues

is broader, covering private duties and wider responsibilities
personal business
vsaffairs
16 2.8

Private matters that concern only you

is more general, including others and shared responsibilities

Antonyms

line of duty
  • Formal
32 3.4

The work or tasks someone must do as part of their job

affairs
  • Formal
2 3.7

Public or professional matters like government and business issues

Idioms

Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death

Compounds

The general situation at a certain time

Matters and relations between countries about politics, trade, or diplomacy

Events and problems between countries that affect many people

A part of the United States government that gives benefits and services to military veterans

The person who leads the United States government department that helps people who used to be in the military

A person who works in business, often managing companies

A university degree about government policy and running public services

How Important

crisis
3.1
issue
3.0
affairs
1 3.0
matter
2.0
detail
1.0

Surface Forms

affair singular
affairs plural

Morphology

affairs = affair (transparent) = affair + s

This sense is the regular plural form of 'affair' meaning personal/business matters and is directly predictable from the base noun.

Etymology

Affairs comes from the same old word faire, meaning 'to do' or 'business' (think of the simple idea 'things to be done'). That sense of 'one's business to manage' is why affairs can mean your personal or financial matters that you must organise.