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English adjective: perfect | |||
| 1. | perfect being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish | ||
| Samples | A perfect circle. A perfect reproduction. Perfect happiness. Perfect manners. A perfect specimen. A perfect day. | ||
| Similar | clean, clear, cold, complete, consummate, down, down pat, errorless, faultless, flawless, ideal, idealised, idealized, idyllic, immaculate, impeccable, mastered, mint, perfectible, pluperfect, uncorrupted, undefiled, unflawed | ||
| See also | exact, unblemished, unbroken, unmarred, unmutilated, utopian | ||
| Attribute | flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection | ||
| Antonyms | imperfect | ||
| 2. | perfect without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | ||
| Samples | 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. The unadulterated truth. | ||
| Synonyms | arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter | ||
| Similar | unmitigated | ||
| Antonyms | mitigated | ||
| 3. | perfect precisely accurate or exact | ||
| Samples | Perfect timing. | ||
| Similar | exact | ||
| Antonyms | inexact | ||
English noun: perfect | |||
| 1. | perfect a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) | ||
| Synonyms | perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tense | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | future perfect, future perfect tense, past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense, present perfect, present perfect tense | ||
English verb: perfect | |||
| 1. | perfect (change) make perfect or complete | ||
| Samples | Perfect your French in Paris!. | ||
| Synonyms | hone | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brush up, optimise, optimize, polish, polish up, round, round off | ||
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