Perfection definition

pər-fĕkshən
The quality or condition of being perfect.
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The act or process of perfecting.

Perfection of the invention took years.

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An instance of excellence.
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The act or process of perfecting.
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The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.
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A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.

What tongue can her perfections tell? -Sir P. Sidney.

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The highest degree of excellence.

To imitate a model to perfection.

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(obsolete) To perfect.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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A person or thing considered to be perfect.
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The quality or condition of being perfect; extreme degree of excellence according to a given standard.
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A person or thing that is the perfect embodiment of some quality.
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to perfection
  • completely; perfectly
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
perfection
Plural:
perfections

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Origin of perfection

  • From Old French perfection, from Latin perfectio

    From Wiktionary

Perfection Sentence Examples

  • You can't expect all this perfection to happen without a lot of work.

  • But experience soon proved the superiority of the spider web; its perfection of shape, its lightness and elasticity, have led to its universal adoption.

  • But, in the words of the same article, " This application of steam has not yet arrived at such perfection as to have brought it into general use."

  • He surveyed the perfection of her bearing while she spoke.

  • Pierre, in reply, sincerely agreed with her as to Helene's perfection of manner.

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