perfect

Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.fɪkt/

The English word “perfect” has 20 meanings listed here.

adjective

Fitting its definition precisely.
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
Exact, correctly reflecting the original in all aspects.
Having thoroughly learned or memorized a part.
Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.
Fully trained or very knowledgeable; highly skilled
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.
Representing a completed action.
Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
Equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
Well informed; certain; sure.
Innocent, guiltless; without blemish.
Sane, of sound mind.

noun

The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

Etymology

From Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit (modern: parfait), from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere (“to finish”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + facere (“to do, to make”). The spelling was modified in the 15th century to conform to its Latin etymon. Doublet of parfait, perfecto, and perfectus. Displaced native Old English fulfremed.

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