perfect

UK /ˈpɜː.fɪkt/US /ˈpɝ.fɪkt/

adjective 19
noun 3
/pɚˈfɛkt/ verb 2
forms 9
phrases 2

adjective19

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as good as possible, with no faults or mistakes
- The gymnast performed a perfect somersault.
- I think I'm in love—I can't stop thinking about her. She's perfect!
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Excellent and delightful in all respects.
- And was the day of my delight ⁠As pure and perfect as I say? ⁠The very source and fount of Day Is dash’d with wandering isles of night. — 1850
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Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
- That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.
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Exact, correctly reflecting the original in all aspects.
- The expert forger made a perfect copy of the victim's driver's license
Fitting its definition precisely.
Representing a completed action.
Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
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Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.
- Marke the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace — 1611
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Equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
- 6 is perfect because the sum of its proper divisors, 1, 2, and 3, which is 6, is equal to the number itself.
Having thoroughly learned or memorized a part.
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Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.
- Practice makes perfect.
Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
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(no longer used) Innocent, guiltless; without blemish.
- My parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly. — 1603
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(no longer used) Fully trained or very knowledgeable; highly skilled
- Our Battaile is more full of Names then yours, / Our Men more perfect in the vse of Armes, / Our Armor all as strong, our Cause the best — 1596
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(no longer used) Well informed; certain; sure.
- I am perfect that the Pannonians and Dalmatians for their liberties are now in arms. — 1611
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(no longer used) Sane, of sound mind.
- Pray, do not mock me. / I am a very foolish fond old man, / Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less / And, to deal plainly, / I fear I am not in my perfect mind. — 1603

noun3

The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
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A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
- Awarded for scoring all Perfects in the Dominator rank! — 2007
(historical) A leader of the Cathar movement.

perfect

UK /pəˈfɛkt/US /pɚˈfɛkt/

verb2

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To make perfect; to improve or hone.
- I am going to perfect this article.
- You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.
To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

forms

perfected · perfecting · perfecteth · perfects · perfectest · more perfect · perfecter · most perfect · perfectest

Phrases with perfect