adj.
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ˈpəːfɪkt/
- having all the required elements, qualities, or characteristics.
- free from any flaw; faultless.
- complete; absolute:
it made perfect sense.
- Mathematics (of a number) equal to the sum of its positive divisors, e.g. the number 6, whose divisors (1, 2, 3) also add up to 6.
- Grammar (of a tense) denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action which began in the past, formed in English with have or has and the past participle, as in they have eaten.
- Botany (of a flower) having both stamens and carpels present and functional.
▸denoting the stage or state of a fungus in which the sexually produced spores are formed.
- Entomology (of an insect) fully adult and (typically) winged.
v.
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pəˈfɛkt/
- make perfect.
- bring to completion.
n.
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ˈpəːfɪkt/
(
the perfect)
Grammar the perfect tense.
Derivative
- perfecter n.
- perfectibility n.
- perfectible adj.
- perfectly adv.
- perfectness n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. perfet, from L. perfectus, perficere ‘complete’.