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| 1. | [ adjective ] being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish | |
| Examples: | "a perfect circle" "a perfect reproduction" "perfect happiness" "perfect manners" "a perfect specimen" "a perfect day" |
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| Related terms: | imperfect ideal idealized complete idealised faultless flawless idyllic clean down perfectible uncorrupted errorless clear cold pluperfect mint exact utopian unbroken unblemished perfection | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make perfect or complete | |
| Synonyms: | hone | |
| Examples: | "perfect your French in Paris!" |
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| Related terms: | better optimize polish perfection | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] precisely accurate or exact | |
| Examples: | "perfect timing" |
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| Related terms: | exact | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | utter pure double-dyed everlasting complete gross sodding stark staring thoroughgoing consummate arrant | |
| Examples: | "an arrant fool" "a complete coward" "a consummate fool" "gross negligence" "a perfect idiot" "pure folly" "what a sodding mess" "stark staring mad" "utter nonsense" |
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| Related terms: | unmitigated | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make perfect; bring to perfection | |
| Synonyms: | consummate | |
| Related terms: | carry_through consummation | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) | |
| Synonyms: | perfect_tense perfective_tense perfective | |
| Related terms: | tense future_perfect past_perfect present_perfect | |
| Similar spelling: |
Perfecto perfecta perfectly perfecter perfected perfective perfection perfuse |
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