perfect

About 41.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Fitting its definition precisely.

   a perfect circle

2. adjective Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.

   That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.

3. adjective Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.

   The gymnast performed a perfect somersault.

4. adjective Exact, correctly reflecting the original in all aspects.

   The expert forger made a perfect copy of the victim's driver's license

5. adjective Having thoroughly learned or memorized a part.
6. adjective Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.

   Practice makes perfect.

7. adjective Fully trained or very knowledgeable; highly skilled
8. adjective Excellent and delightful in all respects.

   a perfect day

Similar words

perfectible consummate exact pluperfect ideal thoroughgoing down pat idealized perfective perfect tense

Often followed by

and in for as competition the harmony example health

Word family

perfected perfecter perfecters perfectest perfecting perfectness perfectnesses perfects