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social affair

noun as in get-together

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It is suitable for serving at the conclusion of a meal, but it is especially satisfactory for a party or other social affair.

They went together to concerts and picture exhibitions, but Patty could rarely persuade her friend to go to a social affair.

You and Bangs were going out somewhere, were expected at some—er—social affair, weren't you?

She forgot that between young people the social affair is always trembling to the personal affair.

It was, to quote Mr. George S. Hellman, "the most splendid social affair of the first half of the nineteenth century."

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to social affair, such as: congregation, function, meeting, party, shindig, and social event.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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