Events

Synonyms for affair

Two senses of affair live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsEvents

a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

The party was quite an affair.

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The true synonym

occasion

Same sentence, swapped: The party was quite an occasion.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for affair as it is used in the sentence above.

involvement
matter
competition

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

a vaguely specified concern

It is none of your affair.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

thing

Same sentence, swapped: It is none of your thing.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for affair as it is used in the sentence above.

involvement
earth
part

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Closest first: other events words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

currentnounflowdominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideasFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line disasternountragedyan event resulting in great loss and misfortuneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line endnounlastthe final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrenceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line finishnounendingevent whose occurrence ends somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line tollnounbellthe sound of a bell being struckTreeline turkeynounbomban event that fails badly or is totally ineffectualFoothills untowardadjectiveadversecontrary to your interests or welfareRidgelineHas a reason line powernounelectricityenergy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductorFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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