Perfect (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. matching in every detail the definition of an ideal type of something: Even a ball bearing is not a perfect sphere.Your son is a perfect gentleman!
  2. excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement: There is no perfect legal code.The proportions of this temple are almost perfect.
  3. exactly fitting the need in a certain situation or for a certain purpose: He is the perfect actor to play Mr. Micawber.I have the perfect saw for cutting out keyholes.
  4. entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings: She chose a perfect apple from the bowl.It was very nearly the perfect crime—next to impossible for detectives to solve.
  5. accurate, exact, or correct in every detail: I’ll email you a perfect copy when revisions are complete.
  6. thorough or complete; absolute; utter: A week ago we were perfect strangers, and already we’ve become friends.He made a perfect fool of himself.
  7. expert; accomplished; proficient: She will need a perfect driving teacher.
  8. pure or unmixed: perfect yellow.
  9. Botany.
  10. designating a verb aspect or other verb category used for an action or state that is or will be complete as of some point of reference in time, and that is thought of with regard to its relevance or effect for that time.
  11. Music.
    • of or designating the consonances of unison, octave, and fifth, as distinguished from those of the third and sixth.
    • of or designating the intervals, harmonic or melodic, of an octave, fifth, and fourth in their normal form, as opposed to augmented and diminished.
  12. (of a set) equal to its set of accumulation points.
  13. assured or certain.
noun Grammar.
    • a verb aspect or other verb category used for an action or state that is or will be complete as of some point of reference in time, and that is thought of with regard to its relevance or effect for that time.
    • an instance or form of a verb in this aspect, as in Ihave washedthe dishes, so can I go now? or By the time I arrived theyhad finishedbreakfast.
verb (used with object)
  1. to bring to perfection; make flawless or faultless: He has succeeded in perfecting his recipe for chicken Kiev.
  2. to bring nearer to perfection; improve; make better: She works hard to perfect her writing.
  3. to make fully skilled.
  4. to bring to completion; finish: Nietzsche believed that the emergence of the Superman would perfect the evolution of the human race.
  5. to print the reverse of (a printed sheet).
adjective (ˈpɜːfɪkt)
  1. having all essential elements
  2. unblemished; faultless
  3. correct or precise
  4. utter or absolute
  5. excellent in all respects
  6. exactly divisible into equal integral or polynomial roots
  7. botany
    • (of flowers) having functional stamens and pistils
    • (of plants) having all parts present
  8. denoting a tense of verbs used in describing an action that has been completed by the subject. In English this is a compound tense, formed with have or has plus the past participle
  9. music
    • of or relating to the intervals of the unison, fourth, fifth, and octave
    • (of a cadence) ending on the tonic chord, giving a feeling of conclusion
  10. positive certain, or assured
noun (ˈpɜːfɪkt)
  1. grammar
    • the perfect tense
    • a verb in this tense
verb (pəˈfɛkt) (tr)
  1. to make perfect; improve to one's satisfaction
  2. to make fully accomplished
  3. to print the reverse side of (a printed sheet of paper)
Perfect (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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