affair
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vaguely specified concern
several matters to attend to
Types & categories
Sense 2 noun
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
Types & categories
- sexual relationship hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a vaguely specified social event
the party was quite an affair
Types & categories
- social event hypernym
- party hyponym
- celebration hyponym
- ceremony hyponym
- fundraiser hyponym
- photo opportunity hyponym
- sleepover hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | concern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | least |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual relationship |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | social event |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | party |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | celebration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ceremony |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fundraiser |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | photo opportunity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleepover |