perfect

[per·fect]

Something that is perfect is complete and without defect or blemish. It might also be precisely accurate or exact.

...

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.

Noun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

Verb
make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"

Adjective S.
precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"

Adjective
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"


a.
Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.

a.
Well informed; certain; sure.

a.
Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.

n.
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

a.
To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.


Perfect

Per"fect , a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait, F. parfait, L. perfectus, p.p. of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see Per-) + facere to make, do. See Fact.] 1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.
My strength is made perfect in weakness.
Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
O most entire perfect sacrifice!
God made thee perfect, not immutable.
2. Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave. -- Perfect number (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See Abundant number, under Abundant. Brande & C. -- Perfect tense (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed. Syn. -- Finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless; blameless; unblemished.

Perfect

Per"fect , n. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

Perfect

Per"fect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Perfecting.] [L. perfectus, p.p. of perficere. See Perfect, a.] To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.
Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species.
Perfecting press (Print.), a press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine. Syn. -- To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.

The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.

...

Usage Examples

Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.

And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.

All my children inherited perfect pitch.

A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

Misspelled Form

perfect, operfect, 0perfect, lperfect, oerfect, 0erfect, lerfect, poerfect, p0erfect, plerfect, pwerfect, p3erfect, p4erfect, prerfect, pserfect, pderfect, pwrfect, p3rfect, p4rfect, prrfect, psrfect, pdrfect, pewrfect, pe3rfect, pe4rfect, perrfect, pesrfect, pedrfect, peerfect, pe4rfect, pe5rfect, petrfect, pefrfect, peefect, pe4fect, pe5fect, petfect, peffect, perefect, per4fect, per5fect, pertfect, perffect, perdfect, perrfect, pertfect, pergfect, pervfect, percfect, perdect, perrect, pertect, pergect, pervect, percect, perfdect, perfrect, perftect, perfgect, perfvect, perfcect, perfwect, perf3ect, perf4ect, perfrect, perfsect, perfdect, perfwct, perf3ct, perf4ct, perfrct, perfsct, perfdct, perfewct, perfe3ct, perfe4ct, perferct, perfesct, perfedct, perfexct, perfedct, perfefct, perfevct, perfe ct, perfext, perfedt, perfeft, perfevt, perfe t, perfecxt, perfecdt, perfecft, perfecvt, perfec t, perfecrt, perfec5t, perfec6t, perfecyt, perfecgt, perfecr, perfec5, perfec6, perfecy, perfecg, perfectr, perfect5, perfect6, perfecty, perfectg.

Other Usage Examples

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

And perfect happiness? Man, that's a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century.

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

Comments


Browse Dictionary