PERFECT

perfect

(adjective) precisely accurate or exact; “perfect timing”

complete, arrant(a), consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; “an arrant fool”; “a complete coward”; “a consummate fool”; “a double-dyed villain”; “gross negligence”; “a perfect idiot”; “pure folly”; “what a sodding mess”; “stark staring mad”; “a thorough nuisance”; “a thoroughgoing villain”; “utter nonsense”; “the unadulterated truth”

perfect

(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”

perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense

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

perfect, hone

(verb) make perfect or complete; “perfect your French in Paris!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

perfect (comparative perfecter or more perfect, superlative perfectest or most perfect)

Fitting its definition precisely.

Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.

Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.

Excellent and delightful in all respects.

(mathematics) Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors.

(grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.

(biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.

(botany) Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).

(analysis) Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.

(music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.

(of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.

(obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.

(obsolete) Innocent, guiltless.

Usage notes

Some authorities proscribe the comparative and superlative forms "more perfect" and "most perfect", on the grounds that perfection is an absolute state. Nevertheless, graded forms have been in common use in writing for centuries – for instance the Preamble to the United States Constitution, drafted in 1787, describes its goal as "a more perfect Union". In these cases, "more perfect" can mean "closer to perfection", "less imperfect" or "improving upon an already perfect state".

Synonyms

• (fitting its definition precisely): accurate, flawless

• (without fault or mistake): faultless, infallible

• (thoroughly skilled or talented): expert, proficient

• (biology: sexually mature and fully differentiated): mature

• (botany: having both male and female parts): bisexual, hermaphroditic

• See also flawless

Antonyms

• (fitting its definition precisely): flawed

• (without fault or mistake): faulty, faultful, fallible

• (botany: having both male and female parts): imperfect

Hyponyms

• future perfect

• past perfect

• pluperfect

• present perfect

Coordinate terms

• (music): augmented

• (music): diminished

Noun

perfect (plural perfects)

(grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

(video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.

Synonyms

• (grammar): preterperfect

Etymology 2

Verb

perfect (third-person singular simple present perfects, present participle perfecting, simple past and past participle perfected)

(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.

(legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

Synonyms

• (to make perfect): enhance, hone, improve, optimize

Anagrams

• prefect

Source: Wiktionary

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Per"fect, a. Etym: [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. 2 Cor. xii. 9. Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. Shak. I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Shak. O most entire perfect sacrifice! Keble. God made thee perfect, not immutable. Milton.

2. Well informed; certain; sure. I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms. Shak.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Per"fect, n.

Definition: The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

Per"fect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Perfecting.] Etym: [L. perfectus, p.p. of perficere. See Perfect, a.]

Definition: 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. 1 John iv. 12. Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species. Locke. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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