affairs
pronunciation
How to pronounce affairs in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce affairs in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- matters of personal concern
- transactions of professional or public interest
Word Origin
- affairs (n.)
- "ordinary business," late 15c., plural of affair (n.).
Example
- 1. Mr mccain approaches international affairs in the same spirit .
- 2. This is unlikely to be the last of such sorry affairs .
- 3. In theory , primaries are all the better for being feisty affairs .
- 4. Judicial figures have meddled egregiously in economic affairs before .
- 5. There is no perfect symmetry in international affairs .