perfect

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Synonyms: perfec', perfekt, prfect

Antonyms: perfec', perfekt, prfect

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Adjective

1. Fitting its definition precisely.
   • a perfect circle
2. 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.
3. Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
   • The gymnast performed a perfect somersault.
   • I think I'm in love—I can't stop thinking about her. She's perfect!
   • The expert forger made a perfect copy of the victim's driver's license
   • Practice makes perfect.
   • word-perfect, letter-perfect
4. Exact, correctly reflecting the original in all aspects.
   • The expert forger made a perfect copy of the victim's driver's license
5. Having thoroughly learned or memorized a part.
6. Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.
   • Practice makes perfect.
   • word-perfect, letter-perfect
7. Fully trained or very knowledgeable; highly skilled
8. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
   • a perfect day
9. Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.
10. Representing a completed action.
11. Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
12. Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
13. 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.
14. Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A′.
15. Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
    • perfect fifth
16. Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
    • a perfect Manhattan
    • a perfect Rob Roy
17. Well informed; certain; sure.
18. Innocent, guiltless; without blemish.
19. Sane, of sound mind.

Noun

1. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
2. A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
3. A leader of the Cathar movement.

Verb

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

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