Affair and Purpose

Affair

Affair noun - A social gathering.

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Purpose and affair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Affair".

Purpose noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

Usage example: still trying to discover her purpose in life

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Affair and purpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affair" instead a noun "Purpose".

usual	usual affair	usual purpose
simple	simple affair	simple purpose
actual	actual affair	actual purpose
entire	entire affair	entire purpose
Other adjectives: little, dark, secret, possible, apparent, said.

Mildred breaks his heart and he moves on to have an affair with Norah Nesbitt, but Mildred continues to come back to haunt him.Does Philip find love and purpose by the end?

Source: Literature / Of Human Bondage
In Michael Crichton's Next, a female scientist is clued into her husbands affair by her sapient parrot (who probably did it on purpose) and flips out on him over it.

Source: Good Adultery, Bad Adultery
Confused, Jabez Wilson seeks the advice of Sherlock Holmes, who quickly uncovers a more sinister purpose behind the seemingly innocuous affair.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / Second Industrial Revolution

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