Definition of PERFECT

perfect

Meanings

Plural: perfects

Noun

  • a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
  • The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
  • A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
  • A leader of the Cathar movement.

Verb

  • make perfect or complete
    • "perfect your French in Paris!"
  • To make perfect; to improve or hone.
  • To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

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"

Adjective Satellite

  • without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
    • "a perfect idiot"
  • precisely accurate or exact
    • "perfect timing"

Adj

  • Fitting its definition precisely.
  • Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
  • Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
  • Exact, correctly reflecting the original in all aspects.
  • Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
  • Having thoroughly learned or memorized a part.
  • Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
  • Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.
  • Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
  • Fully trained or very knowledgeable; highly skilled
  • Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
  • Excellent and delightful in all respects.
  • Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.
  • Representing a completed action.
  • Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
  • Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
  • Equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
  • Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
  • Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
  • Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
  • Well informed; certain; sure.
  • Innocent, guiltless; without blemish.
  • Sane, of sound mind.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit (modern: parfait), from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere (“to finish”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + facere (“to do, to make”). The spelling was modified in the 15th century to conform to its Latin etymon. Doublet of parfait, perfecto, and perfectus.
Displaced native Old English fulfremed.

Scrabble Score: 14

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Words With Friends Score: 16

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