perfect
v.
refine; improve; complete; make faultless
adj.
flawless; complete; undamaged
Perfect
perfect
Noun
1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
(synonym) perfective, perfective tense, perfect tense
(hypernym) tense
(hyponym) present perfect, present perfect tense
Verb
1. make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
(synonym) hone
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) optimize, optimise
(derivation) perfection
Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) imperfect
(similar) clean
(see-also) exact
(attribute) perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
2. 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 thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"
(synonym) arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a)
(similar) unmitigated
3. precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"
(similar) exact
perfect
adj.
perfect
Perfect
(n.)
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
(a.)
Well informed; certain; sure.
(a.)
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.
(a.)
Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.
(a.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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