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LOVE AFFAIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does love affair mean?
• LOVE AFFAIR (noun)
The noun LOVE AFFAIR has 1 sense:
1. a relationship between two lovers
Familiarity information: LOVE AFFAIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A relationship between two lovers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
love affair; romance
Hypernyms ("love affair" is a kind of...):
relationship (a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "love affair"):
intrigue (a clandestine love affair)
Context examples
The placid poise of twenty-four years without a single love affair did not fit her with a keen perception of her own feelings, and she who had never warmed to actual love was unaware that she was warming now.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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