perfect
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perfect
▶adjective /ˈpəːfɪkt/
- 1 having all the required elements, qualities, or characteristics.
- 2 free from any flaw; faultless.
- 3 complete; absolute: it made perfect sense.
- 4 Mathematics (of a number) equal to the sum of its positive divisors, e.g. the number 6, whose divisors (1, 2, 3) also add up to 6.
- 5 Grammar (of a tense) denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action which began in the past, formed in English with have or has and the past participle, as in they have eaten.
- 6 Botany (of a flower) having both stamens and carpels present and functional.
■ denoting the stage or state of a fungus in which the sexually produced spores are formed.
- 7 Entomology (of an insect) fully adult and (typically) winged.
- 1 make perfect.
- 2 bring to completion.
– derivatives
perfecter noun,
perfectibility noun,
perfectible adjective,
perfectly adverb,
perfectness noun.
perfecter noun,
perfectibility noun,
perfectible adjective,
perfectly adverb,
perfectness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. perfet, from L. perfectus, perficere ‘complete’.
'perfect' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolute pitch
- apple-pie order
- augment
- black body
- bliss
- bodhisattva
- common chord
- crystallite
- diminish
- discord
- dream
- dream team
- epitome
- epitomize
- fifth
- fit
- flush
- fourth
- future perfect
- have
- ideal
- idealize
- indefectible
- itself
- ne plus ultra
- nirvana
- noble rot
- nonsuch
- oligoclase
- paragon
- parfait
- past participle
- past perfect
- per-
- perfecta
- perfect binding
- perfect cadence
- perfect gas
- perfection
- perfecto
- perfect pitch
- perfect square
- picture-perfect
- pluperfect
- quintessence
- quintessential
- reproach
- samskara
- semi-deponent
