perfect

English

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A drawing that can be perceived by the human eye as a perfect circle, despite being made of pixels that are visible through close inspection. The circle depicted in this image is, however, perfectly (i.e., completely) black.

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).fɪkt/, /ˈpɜː(ɹ).fɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /"p3:(r).fIkt/, /"p3:(r).fEkt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɝːfɪkt/, /ˈpɝːfɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /"p3`:fIkt/, /"p3:fEkt/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

perfect (comparative more perfect, superlative most perfect)

1. Fitting its definition precisely.

   a perfect circle

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. Thoroughly skilled or talented.

   Practice makes perfect.

4. Excellent and delightful in all respects.

   a perfect day

5. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
6. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
7. (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
8. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
9. (music) describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones
10. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.

    a perfect Manhattan; a perfect Rob Roy

Synonyms

• (fitting its definition precisely): accurate, flawless
• (thoroughly skilled or talented): expert, proficient
• (biology: sexually mature and fully differentiated): mature
• (botany: having both male and female parts): bisexual, hermaphroditic
• See also Wikisaurus:flawless

Antonyms

• (botany: having both male and female parts): imperfect
• flawed

Derived terms

• future perfect
• nobody's perfect
• past perfect
• perfect number
• picture-perfect
• practice makes perfect
• present perfect

Related terms

• imperfect
• imperfective
• perfective
• pluperfect

Translations

fitting its definition precisely

• American Sign Language: SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact
• Arabic: كامل (ar) (kaamil)
• Bulgarian: съвършен (bg) (sǎvǎršen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完美 (cmn) (wánměi), 完善 (cmn) (wánshàn)

• Czech: dokonalý (cs)
• Dutch: perfect (nl), perfecte (nl)
• Finnish: täydellinen (fi)
• French: parfait (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: perfekt (de), vollkommen (de)
• Italian: perfetto (it)

• Japanese: 完璧な (ja) (かんぺきな, kanpeki-na)
• Korean: 완벽한 (ko) (wanbyeokhan)
• Norwegian: perfekt (no)
• Persian: کامل (fa) (kâmel)
• Polish: doskonały (pl)
• Portuguese: perfeito (pt)
• Romanian: perfect (ro)
• Russian: совершенный (ru) (soveršénnyj), безупречный (ru) (bezupréčnyj), безукоризненный (ru) (bezukoríznennyj), идеальный (ru) (ideál'nyj)
• Slovene: popoln (sl) m
• Spanish: perfecto (es)
• Swahili: makini (sw)
• Swedish: fullkomlig (sv), fulländad (sv), perfekt (sv)

having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose

• American Sign Language: SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact
• Arabic: كامل (ar) (kaamil)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完美 (cmn) (wánměi), 完善 (cmn) (wánshàn)

• Czech: dokonalý (cs) m
• Dutch: perfect (nl), perfecte (nl)
• Finnish: täydellinen (fi)
• French: parfait (fr) m
• Irish: foirfe (ga)

• Italian: perfetto (it) m
• Japanese: 完璧な (ja) (かんぺきな, kanpeki-na)
• Polish: doskonały (pl)
• Portuguese: perfeito (pt) m
• Romanian: perfect (ro) m and n
• Russian: совершенный (ru) (soveršénnyj), безупречный (ru) (bezupréčnyj), безукоризненный (ru) (bezukoríznennyj), идеальный (ru) (ideál'nyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: foirfe (gd)
• Swedish: fullkomlig (sv), fulländad (sv), perfekt (sv)
• Telugu: సంపూర్ణ (te) (sampoorNa), పరిపూర్ణ (te) (paripoorNa)

thoroughly skilled or talented

• Czech: dokonalý (cs) m
• Romanian: perfect (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: foirfe (gd)

• Swahili: makini (sw)
• Swedish: fullkomlig (sv), fulländad (sv), perfekt (sv)

excellent and delightful in all respects

• American Sign Language: SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact
• Czech: dokonalý (cs) m
• Hungarian: tökéletes (hu)
• Japanese: 完璧な (ja) (かんぺきな, kanpeki-na)
• Maori: pāruhiruhi (mi)
• Polish: idealny (pl) m, doskonały (pl) m, perfekcyjny (pl) m

• Scottish Gaelic: foirfe (gd)
• Slovene: popoln (sl) m
• Spanish: perfecto (es) m
• Swedish: fantastisk (sv), perfekt (sv), väldigt (sv) fin (sv), underbar (sv), utmärkt (sv)
• Telugu: పరిపూర్ణ (te) (paripoorNa)
• Turkish: mükemmel (tr)

grammar: of a tense or verb form: representing a completed action

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完成式 (cmn) (wánchéngshì)

• Dutch: voltooid (nl), voltooide (nl)
• Finnish: perfektinen (fi), perfekti- (fi)
• French: parfait (fr) m
• Hungarian: befejezett (hu)
• Irish: foirfe (ga)

• Japanese: 完了の (ja) (かんりょうの, kanryō-no)
• Persian: کامل (fa) (kâmel)
• Polish: dokonany (pl)
• Romanian: perfectul simplu (ro)
• Russian: совершенный (ru) (soveršénnyj)
• Swedish: perfekt (sv)

biology: sexually mature and fully differentiated

• Swedish: fullt (sv) utvecklad (sv)

botany: having both male and female parts

• Finnish: kaksineuvoinen (fi), täydellinen (fi)

• Persian: کامل (fa) (kâmel)

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: perfekta (io)
• Lojban: prane (jbo)

Noun

perfect (plural perfects)

1. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

Etymology 2

From perfect (adjective) or from Latin perfectus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /p@(r)"fEkt/
• (US) IPA: /pɚˈfɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /p@`"fEkt/

• Audio (US)

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Verb

perfect (third-person singular simple present perfects, present participle perfecting, simple past and past participle perfected)

1. (transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.

   I am going to perfect this article.

   You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.

2. (law) 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

Synonyms

• (to make perfect): enhance, hone, improve, optimize

Related terms

• perfecter
• perfectible

Translations

make perfect

• Albanian: përsos (sq)
• Catalan: perfeccionar (ca)
• Dutch: perfectioneren (nl)
• Finnish: tehdä (fi) täydelliseksi (fi)
• French: perfectionner (fr)
• German: vollenden (de), perfektionieren (de)
• Hungarian: tökéletesít (hu)

• Italian: perfezionare (it)
• Portuguese: aperfeiçoar (pt)
• Romanian: perfecta (ro)
• Slovene: izpopolniti (sl)
• Spanish: perfeccionar (es)
• Swedish: finslipa (sv), fullkomna (sv), fullända (sv), förbättra (sv), förfina (sv), göra (sv) perfekt (sv)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: sister · occasion · enemy · #729: perfect · bright · scarcely · Paris

Anagrams

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Dutch

Adjective

perfect (comparative perfecter, superlative perfectst)

1. perfect

Declension

Declension of perfect

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		perfect	perfecter
neuter singular	indefinite	perfect	perfecter
	definite	perfecte	perfectere	perfectste	perfectst, perfectste
common singular		perfecte	perfectere	perfectste	perfectste
plural		perfecte	perfectere	perfectste	perfectste
partitive		perfects	perfecters

Adverb

perfect

1. perfectly

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin perfectus, German perfekt

Pronunciation

• IPA: [perˈfekt]

Adjective

perfect ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. perfect, flawless

Declension

declension of perfect

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	perfect		perfectă	perfecți	perfecte
	definite	perfectul		perfecta	perfecții	perfectele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	perfect		perfecte	perfecți	perfecte
	definite	perfectului		perfectei	perfecților	perfectelor

Antonyms

• imperfect
• nedesăvârșit

Adverb

perfect

1. perfectly, completely

Noun

perfect n

1. (perfect simplu) preterite tense, simple perfect
2. (perfect compus) compound perfect tense