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perfect adj 1 complete in all essential elements. 2 faultless; flawless. 3 excellent; absolutely satisfactory. 4 exact • a perfect circle. 5 colloq absolute; utter • perfect nonsense. 6 bot having androecium and gynaecium in the same flower. 7 grammar said of the tense or aspect of a verb: denoting an action completed at some time in the past or prior to the time spoken of. noun grammar 1 the perfect tense, in English formed with the auxiliary verb have and the past participle, denoting an action completed in the past (present perfect, eg I have written the letter) or was or will be completed at the time being spoken of (past perfect or pluperfect, eg I had written the letter; future perfect, eg I will have written the letter). 2 a verb in a perfect tense. Compare future, past, present¹, imperfect, pluperfect, progressive. verb (perfected, perfecting) 1 to improve something to one's satisfaction • perfect one's Italian. 2 to finalize or complete. 3 to develop (a technique, etc) to a reliable standard. perfectness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin perficere to complete.

perfect adj 1 complete in all essential elements. 2 faultless; flawless. 3 excellent; absolutely satisfactory. 4 exact • a perfect circle. 5 colloq absolute; utter • perfect nonsense. 6 bot having androecium and gynaecium in the same flower. 7 grammar said of the tense or aspect of a verb: denoting an action completed at some time in the past or prior to the time spoken of. noun grammar 1 the perfect tense, in English formed with the auxiliary verb have and the past participle, denoting an action completed in the past (present perfect, eg I have written the letter) or was or will be completed at the time being spoken of (past perfect or pluperfect, eg I had written the letter; future perfect, eg I will have written the letter). 2 a verb in a perfect tense. Compare future, past, present¹, imperfect, pluperfect, progressive. verb (perfected, perfecting) 1 to improve something to one's satisfaction • perfect one's Italian. 2 to finalize or complete. 3 to develop (a technique, etc) to a reliable standard. perfectness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin perficere to complete.

perfect adj 1 complete in all essential elements. 2 faultless; flawless. 3 excellent; absolutely satisfactory. 4 exact • a perfect circle. 5 colloq absolute; utter • perfect nonsense. 6 bot having androecium and gynaecium in the same flower. 7 grammar said of the tense or aspect of a verb: denoting an action completed at some time in the past or prior to the time spoken of. noun grammar 1 the perfect tense, in English formed with the auxiliary verb have and the past participle, denoting an action completed in the past (present perfect, eg I have written the letter) or was or will be completed at the time being spoken of (past perfect or pluperfect, eg I had written the letter; future perfect, eg I will have written the letter). 2 a verb in a perfect tense. Compare future, past, present¹, imperfect, pluperfect, progressive. verb (perfected, perfecting) 1 to improve something to one's satisfaction • perfect one's Italian. 2 to finalize or complete. 3 to develop (a technique, etc) to a reliable standard. perfectness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin perficere to complete.