A material object (vaguely designated).
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.
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
Something actual as opposed to invented.
An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
Something which is real.
A wrongful or criminal deed.
Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.