perfect

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Fitting its definition precisely.

   • a perfect circle
2. 2

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

   • That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.
3. 3

   Without fault or mistake

   Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.

   • The gymnast performed a perfect somersault.
   • I think I'm in love—I can't stop thinking about her. She's perfect!
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   1. 4

      Excellent and delightful in all respects.

      • a perfect day
      • And was the day of my delight ⁠As pure and perfect as I say? ⁠The very source and fount of Day Is dash’d with wandering isles of night.
   2. 5

      Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.

      • Marke the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace
   3. 6

      Representing a completed action.

   4. 7

      Sexually mature and fully differentiated.

   5. 8

      Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).

   6. 9

      Equal to the sum of its proper divisors.

      • 6 is perfect because the sum of its proper divisors, 1, 2, and 3, which is 6, is equal to the number itself.
   7. 10

      Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.

   8. 11

      Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and…

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

      • perfect fifth
   9. 12

      Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.

      • a perfect Manhattan
      • a perfect Rob Roy
   10. 13

       Well informed

       Well informed; certain; sure.

       • I am perfect that the Pannonians and Dalmatians for their liberties are now in arms.
   11. 14

       Innocent, guiltless

       Innocent, guiltless; without blemish.

       • My fault being nothing—as I have told you oft— / But that two villains, whose false oaths prevail'd / Before my perfect honour, swore to Cymbeline / I was confederate with the Romans: so / Follow'd my banishment
       • My parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly.
   12. 15

       Sane, of sound mind.

       • Pray, do not mock me. / I am a very foolish fond old man, / Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less / And, to deal plainly, / I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
   13. 16

       The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

   14. 17

       A perfect score

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

       • Awarded for scoring all Perfects in the Dominator rank!
       • […] a table of all the ratings that each player has achieved, giving you several scoring options based on player feedback (I simply record the number of perfects).
   15. 18

       A leader of the Cathar movement.

   16. 19

       To make perfect

       To make perfect; to improve or hone.

       • I am going to perfect this article.
       • You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.
   17. 20

       To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a…

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

       • perfect an appeal
       • perfect an interest
       • perfect a judgment

The neighborhood

• synonymfaultlesswithout fault or mistake
• synonyminfalliblewithout fault or mistake
• synonymhermaphroditic
• synonympreterperfect
• antonymflawedantonym(s) of “fitting its definition precisely”
• antonymfaultyantonym(s) of “without fault or mistake”
• antonymfaultfulantonym(s) of “without fault or mistake”
• antonymfallibleantonym(s) of “without fault or mistake”
• antonymimperfectantonym(s) of
• neighborfuture perfect
• neighborpast perfect
• neighborpluperfect
• neighborpresent perfect
• neighborperfectation
• neighborperfecter
• neighborperfectible