affair

/əˈfeər/ noun

Translation

EVENTS [C] › a situation or set of related events, especially bad ones

bilhassa kötü olay, hadise

The government's handling of the affair has been widely criticized.2169

RELATIONSHIP [C] › a sexual relationship between two people when one or both of them is married to someone else

yasak cinsel ilişki (evli olmayan iki kişi arasında)

He's been having an affair with a woman at work.2388

be sb's affair › If something is your affair, it is private and you do not want anyone else to be involved or know about it.

şahsi mesele, kişisel konu

→ See also love affair1780

(Definition of affair noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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