perfect
perfect definition
per·fect (pʉr′fikt; for v. pər fekt′)
adjective
- complete in all respects; without defect or omission; sound; flawless
- in a condition of complete excellence, as in skill or quantity; faultless; most excellent; sometimes used comparatively “to create a more perfect union”
- completely correct or accurate; exact; precise a perfect copy
- without reserve or qualification; pure; utter; sheer; absolute a perfect fool, perfect stranger
- designating a binding of books in which pages are glued to cloth or paper at the spine rather than having the signatures sewn together
- Bot. monoclinous
- Gram. expressing or showing a state or action completed at the time of speaking or at the time indicated: verbs have three perfect tenses: simple (or present) perfect, past perfect (or pluperfect), and future perfect
- Music designating an interval of a unison, fourth, fifth, or octave
Etymology: ME perfit < OFr parfit < L perfectus, pp. of perficere, to finish < per-, through (see per-) + facere, to make, do: mod. sp. is Latinized
transitive verb
- to bring to completion
- to make perfect or more nearly perfect according to a given standard, as by training
noun
- the perfect tense
- a verb form in this tense
Related Forms:
- perfecter per·fect′er noun
- perfectness per′·fect·ness noun
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