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have an affair

have an affair verb: to engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. (This entry is a translation hub.).

Verb

have an affair (third-person singular simple present has an affair, present participle having an affair, simple past and past participle had an affair)

  1. To engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Forms of have an affair

third-person singular presenthas an affair
present participlehaving an affair
past participlehad an affair
pasthad an affair

Questions about have an affair

What does have an affair mean?
Have an affair means to engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. (This entry is a translation hub.).
What part of speech is have an affair?
Have an affair is a verb.
What is the past tense of have an affair?
The past tense of have an affair is had an affair.

Words near have an affair in the dictionary

  1. have a word
  2. have a word in someone's ear
  3. have a word with oneself
  4. have against
  5. have an accident
  6. have an affair
  7. have an easy time of it
  8. have an eye for
  9. have an in
  10. have another thing coming
  11. have another think

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