current affairs

cur·rent af·fair

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kur-uh nt, kuhr- uh-fair]
- /ˈkɜr ənt, ˈkʌr- əˈfɛər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kur-uh nt, kuhr- uh-fair]
- /ˈkɜr ənt, ˈkʌr- əˈfɛər/

Definitions of current affairs words

noun plural current affairs If you refer to current affairs, you are referring to political events and problems in society which are discussed in newspapers, and on television and radio. 3
noun plural current affairs the events and developments taking place in the world now 3
noun plural current affairs (as modifier) 3
noun plural current affairs news, topical events 1
noun plural current affairs news 1
noun current affairs Recent news, especially indepth analysis of issues and events. 0

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Parts of speech for Current affairs

noun

adjective

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preposition

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exclamation

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current affairs popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for current affairs

noun current affairs

hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
current events — current affairs; those events and issues of interest currently found in the news.
happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.

All 3 Synonyms of current affairs

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