Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
A material object (vaguely designated).
A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
An event or occurrence.
Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
Falling on or striking a surface.