Etymology : Middle English parfit, from Old French, from Latin perfectus, from past participle of perficere to carry out, perfect, from per- thoroughly + facere to make, do; more at DO
Pronunciation : p&r-fikt
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century
1. refine; improve; complete; make faultless. flawless; complete; undamaged. perfect\per"fect\ , a. [oe. parfit, of. parfit, parfet, parfait, f. parfait, l. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see:
per-) + facere to make, do. see:
fact.].
2. brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct. my strength is made perfect in weakness. xii.
3. three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. i fear i am not in my perfect mind. o most entire perfect sacrifice! god made thee perfect, not immutable.
4. well informed; certain; sure. i am perfect that the pannonains are now in arms.
5. (bot.) hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.perfect cadence (mus.), a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.perfect chord (mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave.perfect number (arith.), a number equal to the sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2,.
6. see:
abundant number, under abundant.perfect tense (gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed.
7. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.
8. Well informed; certain; sure.
9. Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; said of flower.
10. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
11. To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind. make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing" being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day".
12. 1. Something that is perfect is as good as it could possibly be. He spoke perfect English Hiring a nanny has turned out to be the perfect solution Nobody is perfect.
13. emphasis If you say that something is perfect for a particular person, thing, or activity, you are emphasizing that it is very suitable for them or for that activity. Carpet tiles are perfect for kitchens because they're easy to take up and wash So this could be the perfect time to buy a home. = ideal.
14. If an object or surface is perfect, it does not have any marks on it, or does not have any lumps, hollows, or cracks in it. Use only clean, Grade A, perfect eggs. their perfect white teeth.
15. emphasis You can use perfect to give emphasis to the noun following it. She was a perfect fool What he had said to her made perfect sense. = complete, total.
16. If you perfect something, you improve it so that it becomes as good as it can possibly be. We perfected a hand-signal system so that he could keep me informed of hazards.
17. The perfect tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened or began before a particular time, as in `He's already left' and `They had always liked her'. The present perfect tense is sometimes called the perfect tense. see also:
future, present perfect, past perfect. to make something as good as you are able to.
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