Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.
- Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
- (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- A material object (vaguely designated).
- An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur).
Esimerkit
- a difficult affair to manage
- an affair of honor, a duel; an affair of love, an intrigue
- He used a hook-shaped affair with a long handle to unlock the car.
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
- The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
- An affair is that which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; It is often in the plural.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | affairs |