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{
"term": "affair",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "events that are of public interest or political importance",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**world/international affairs**"
},
{
"text": "an expert on **foreign affairs** *(= political events in other countries)*"
},
{
"text": "We are expecting a statement from the **home affairs** *(= political events in your own country)* spokesman."
},
{
"text": "internal/external affairs"
},
{
"text": "affairs of state"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["current", "public", "human"],
"verb + affairs": ["administer", "arrange", "attend to"],
"phrases": ["affairs of state", "a state of affairs"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an event that people are talking about or describing in a particular way",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The newspapers exaggerated the **whole affair** wildly."
},
{
"text": "She wanted the celebration to be a simple **family affair**."
},
{
"text": "Many people have criticized the way the government handled the affair."
},
{
"text": "The Whitewater affair was the biggest scandal of the decade."
},
{
"text": "The debate was a pretty disappointing affair."
},
{
"text": "I ended up disillusioned and bitter about the whole affair."
},
{
"text": "I knew that the wedding would be a grand affair."
},
{
"text": "He has tried to play down his involvement in the affair."
},
{
"text": "She saw the whole affair as a great joke."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["whole", "glittering", "grand"],
"verb + affair": ["deal with", "handle", "be involved in"],
"phrases": [
"somebody’s involvement in the affair",
"wash your hands of the affair"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a sexual relationship between two people, usually when one or both of them are already in a relationship with somebody else",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She **was having an affair** with a co-worker."
},
{
"text": "an **extramarital affair**"
},
{
"text": "It's the story of a secret affair between a married teacher and her teenage student."
},
{
"text": "They had a passionate affair for six months."
},
{
"text": "Their affair did not develop into a lasting relationship."
},
{
"text": "an affair with a married man"
},
{
"text": "a torrid love affair"
},
{
"text": "How long has the affair been going on?"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brief", "casual", "clandestine"],
"verb + affair": ["carry on", "conduct", "have"],
"affair + verb": ["go on"],
"preposition": ["affair between", "affair with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "matters connected with a person’s private business and financial situation",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She manages the family's **financial affairs**."
},
{
"text": "I looked after my father's financial affairs."
},
{
"text": "She wanted to **put her affairs in order** before she died."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["current", "public", "human"],
"verb + affairs": ["administer", "arrange", "attend to"],
"phrases": ["affairs of state", "a state of affairs"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a thing that somebody is responsible for (and that other people should not be interested in)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "How I spend my money is my affair."
},
{
"text": "The details of your relationship should be a private affair."
},
{
"text": "That's no affair of yours."
},
{
"text": "It's a family affair."
}
],
"synonyms": "business",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["family", "somebody’s own", "personal"],
"verb + affair": ["interfere in", "meddle in"],
"phrases": ["somebody’s affair", "no affair of somebody’s"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "an object that is unusual or difficult to describe",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her hat was an amazing affair with feathers and a huge brim."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This state of affairs can no longer be ignored."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfeə(r)/",
"audio": "af/affair/affair__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfer/",
"audio": "af/affair/affair__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French afaire, from à faire ‘to do’; compare with ado."
}