current affairs

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• current affairs —    Current affairs, news bulletins and documentary all employ actuality. While news can be seen as communicating daily events of note, or at least those events which are construed as properly belonging to the discourses of news, current affairs… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• Current affairs — can refer to: Current affairs (news format): a genre of broadcast journalism an approximate synonym for current events an approximate synonym for politics Current Affairs , a song by Zion I from Heroes in the City of Dope This disambiguation page …   Wikipedia

• current affairs — plural noun Important political, financial, and social events currently happening • • • Main Entry: ↑current * * * ˌcurrent afˈfairs [current affairs] noun plural events of politi …   Useful english dictionary

• current affairs — N PLURAL 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. I am ill informed on current affairs. ...the BBC s current affairs programme… …   English dictionary

• current affairs — noun Current affairs is used before these nouns: ↑programme …   Collocations dictionary

• Current affairs (news format) — Current Affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast. This differs from regular news broadcasts that… …   Wikipedia

• current affairs — current af fairs n [U] important political events or other events in society that are happening now …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• current affairs — current af fairs noun plural political, social, and economic events that are happening now and are discussed in news programs and newspapers …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• current affairs — noun Recent news, especially indepth analysis of issues and events. Syn: current events …   Wiktionary

• current affairs — noun (U) important political events or other events in society that are happening now …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• current affairs — UK / US noun [plural] political, social, and economic events that are happening now and are discussed in news programmes and newspapers …   English dictionary