n. a gay festivity

n. a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"

n. a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

n. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

n. a special anniversary (or the celebration of it)

n. an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"

n. a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

n. a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

n. an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

n. a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

n. something that happens at a given place and time

n. a single distinct event

n. an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"

n. an event that happens

n. a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"

n. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

n. the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

n. the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt"

n. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

n. a relationship between two lovers