(n.) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.
(n.) Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.
(n.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
(n.) Action; endeavor.
(n.) A material object (vaguely designated).
Example Sentences:
(1) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
(2) The issue has been raised by an accountant investigating the tax affairs of the duchy – an agricultural, commercial and residential landowner.
(3) They urged the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make air quality a higher priority and release the latest figures on premature deaths.
(4) His walkout reportedly meant his fellow foreign affairs select committee members could not vote since they lacked a quorum.
(5) Just before Christmas the independent Kerslake report severely criticised Birmingham city council for its dysfunctional politics and, in particular, its handling of the so-called Trojan Horse affair, in which school governors were said to have set out to bring about an Islamic agenda into the curriculum contents and the day-to-day running of some schools.
(6) And I want to do this in partnership with you.” In the Commons, there are signs the home secretary may manage to reduce a rebellion by backbench Tory MPs this afternoon on plans to opt back into a series of EU justice and home affairs measures, notably the European arrest warrant .
(7) • Harriet Harman gives a frank interview about the olden days, in which she reveals a passionate affair with Arthur Scargill.
(8) George Osborne’s eighth budget is unlikely to be a radical affair , as the state of the public finances and the upcoming EU referendum limit the chancellor’s room for manoeuvre.
(9) But, in a sign of tension within the coalition government, the Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman, Tom Brake, told BBC2's Newsnight that "if [the offenders in question] had committed the same offence the day before the riots, they would not have received a sentence of that nature".
(10) But in Annie Hall the mortality that weighs most heavily is the mortality of his love affair.
(11) In this sense synapse formation must be considered a drawn out affair.
(12) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC
(13) The BBC traditionally frowns on its presenters, especially those in BBC News, using columns to comment on news and current affairs.
(14) Last week the prosecution dropped a series of allegations that Gail Sheridan, also 46, had lied on her husband's behalf by providing a series of false alibis to cover up his affairs and trips to Cupids.
(15) Pointing out that “the army has its own fortune teller”, he sounds less than happy at the state of affairs: “The country is run by superstition.” Weerasethakul is in a relatively fortunate position, in that his arcane films are not exactly populist and don’t depend on the mainstream Thai film industry for funding, but he has become cast as a significant voice of dissent in a difficult time .
(16) Nick Clegg, who chairs the cabinet's home affairs committee, is said to have backed May's proposed package.
(17) The Miliband dinner will be a more low key affair in London.
(18) Last week, Park offered a public apology after acknowledging Choi had edited some of her speeches and provided help with public relations, but South Korea’s media have speculated Choi played a much larger, secret role in government affairs.
(19) The Scottish Affairs select committee that is investigating the blacklisting has uncovered documents showing that the police unit monitoring political activists met the blacklisting agency in 2008 to discuss sharing information.
(20) After winning his prize, Malcolm Turnbull must learn from Abbott's mistakes Read more Abbott appointed Warren Mundine to head his hand picked advisory council on Indigenous affairs.
Navals
Definition:
(n.pl.) Naval affairs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fifty-five myopic naval personnel with no previous contact lens experience were put through a three-week study using these contact lenses.
(2) The announcement came two days after US-led naval exercises started in the Gulf.
(3) At Gölcük naval base, a frigate was reportedly taken over by an unidentified anti-government group and the head of the Turkish fleet was held hostage, a Greek military source told Reuters.
(4) For the treatment of systemic HSV-1 infection in Naval Medical Research Institute mice, a single oral dose per day of 5 mg of CEDU per kg achieved a significant reduction in the mortality rate.
(5) Chinese naval ships recently showed up off the Aleutian islands during an Obama visit to Alaska, the mineral-rich Arctic being another possible theatre.
(6) And that requires a big military commitment to protect refugees from attacks.” During Monday afternoon’s two-hour meeting, the US president and the four EU national leaders are also likely to discuss stemming the flow of migrants from Libya by placing EU naval patrols in Libyan waters.
(7) An additional 2,900 BAE staff are employed in the Portsmouth area on tasks that include maintaining, servicing and upgrading the Royal Navy ships at the naval base.
(8) US defence officials say the new base, which is expected to cost at least $8.6bn (£6bn), is an essential part of the White House’s strategic “pivot” towards the Asia-Pacific, amid rising concern over Chinese naval activity in the region and North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes.
(9) CND costs The Vanguard-class fleet operates out of the deep-water naval base at Faslane on the Clyde, but also makes use of the US navy’s base at Kings Bay in Georgia.
(10) In its recent decision to end Portsmouth’s role as a naval dockyard, the British government said recently that future warships - notably a new generation of frigates - would be built in Scotland only if Scotland remained part of Britain.
(11) A member of the CGT union at the naval construction company STX said locals were between a rock and a hard place.
(12) Abbott continued: "Do you believe Australian naval personnel or do you believe people who were attempting to break Australian law?"
(13) The plan for the yacht is the brainchild of Rear Admiral David Bawtree, a former naval base commander in Portsmouth.
(14) In an attempt to discourage potential migrants, European ministers cancelled a naval operation aimed at rescuing stricken smugglers’ boats.
(15) He said Iran's enemies had understood the message of the naval exercises, saying: "We have no plan to begin any irrational act but we are ready against any threat."
(16) The naval confrontation was the most serious incident between the two navies since 2009, when Chinese ships and planes repeatedly harassed the US ocean surveillance vessel USNS Impeccable in the South China Sea.
(17) A review of death certificates in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts for 1959-77 yielded a total of 1722 deaths among former workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where nuclear submarines are repaired and refuelled.
(18) The US has also pledged $86m towards upgrading Mexico’s checkpoints, roadblocks and naval bases.
(19) Two military doctors testified on Wednesday, describing the treatment of Bales' victims, including a young girl who had been shot in the head and who spent three months undergoing surgeries and rehabilitation at a naval hospital in San Diego, relearning how to walk.
(20) The escort ship would not be a naval one, the source added.