being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
<adj.all> a perfect circle a perfect reproduction perfect happiness perfect manners a perfect specimen a perfect day
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
<adj.all> 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
precisely accurate or exact
<adj.all> perfect timing
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}.] 1. 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. --2 Cor. xii. 9.
Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind. --Shak.
O most entire perfect sacrifice! --Keble.
God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
2. Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms. --Shak.
3. (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, 1. See {Abundant number}, under {Abundant}. --Brande & C.
{Perfect tense} (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed.
Perfect \Per"fect\, n. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perfecting}.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See {Perfect}, a.] 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.
God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1 John iv. 12.
Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species. --Locke.
{Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.
Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.
His peace initiative is too important to be stopped in its tracks by the unserious custom of finding fault with his motives, or his methods or, alas too often, his results. Admittedly his score in all three areas is less than perfect.
Her rhythm was perfect.
"It's the perfect life style."
Two films this week, Ron Howard's Far And Away and Jim Jarmusch's Night On Earth, skim their plots or characters around the globe as if the friction of reality had never existed. In most other respects the two films are perfect opposites.
"Who'd buy another perfect, well-adjusted, upper middle-class black family?
Some involve 'gene therapy' - giving patients perfect copies of defective genes.
But in just a few perfect shades and fabrics, they were so well constructed that the fashion world took notice.
And the timing was perfect.
Pathmark's Premium All Purpose Cleaner seemed to have all the elements of the perfect store brand.
Finally, though Cuba does not have a perfect record on human rights, Mr. Valladares had no credible evidence to back up his portrait of Cuba as a totalitarian dungeon.
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, she earned the first perfect score ever given to a gymnast.
The ovens are in perfect order, and are still used every night to bake the bread served in the shop.
"There's no perfect airplane," Carnell said. "A company will have one plane, maybe a Beech King Air.
The watch, says Mr. Banerot, is perfect for police officers.
The grown Gor, played by the wide-eyed Jamie Foster, has turned out to be quite a perfect gentleman.
"The companies' reasoning for a share swap was perfect, but the price they concluded was ridiculous, crazy," he says.
For those who want a quick flavour of Keynes' writings, in historical context, with lots of pictures and who are not too worried about detailed scholarly interpretation, Keynes for Beginners is perfect.
Promises of a perfect world lured many Western thinkers and millions of others besides.
The saddest episode of all is his inexplicable failure to turn this dream of a perfect love into a reality. Mallarme was one of the earliest of the younger French poets to recognise Baudelaire's poetic mastery.
It seemed like a perfect match.
Roger Butlin's set and Matt McKenzie's sound-effects are perfect.
John Gielgud's Friar Lawrence was even better than one might have forecast, perfect verse-speaking blended with a three-dimensional characterisation of this amenable priest.
They are the perfect opponents to bring out the best in Brazil.
None is perfect, and each has its strong points.
This re-entry correlates with what we were tracking." He said the sightings were made better because of weather that was clear and perfect for such sightings.
She's aware that something in her marriage isn't quite right, that in some way Peter is too perfect a husband.
Soviet Defense Minister Dimitri Yazov was a perfect peaceable ambassador for glasnost as he toured U.S. military bases.
In late 1984 Gary Diamond, a member of Mr. Durenberger's health subcommittee, offered what must have seemed like a perfect solution to his financial problems: He would publish a book by the senator.
Hers is also a main board appointment. With her timing 'less than perfect', Oliver left Tootal Apparel shortly after a management buyout, where she says she was not a major shareholder, and effectively not on the board.
"Don't kill this bill by making it perfect," Bennett urged. "I'm afraid it's going to be a better corpse." Shumway, pointing to vocal opposition from sport diving groups, said the legislation should spell out guarantees for divers.