Noun | 1. | ![]() |
Verb | 1. | perfect - make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" Synonyms: hone |
Adj. | 1. | perfect - 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" Antonyms: imperfect - not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" |
2. | perfect - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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" Synonyms: arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, staring, pure, consummate, stark, everlasting, complete, gross | |
3. | perfect - precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing" |
PERFECT. Something complete.
2. This term is applied to obligations in order to distinguish those
which may be enforced by law, which are called perfect, from those which
cannot be so enforced, which are said to be imperfect. Vide Imperfect;
Obligations.