perfectadjective
uk/ˈpɜː.fekt/us/ˈpɝː.fekt/perfect adjective (WITHOUT FAULT)
A2 complete and correct in every way, of the best possible type or without fault:
C2 used to emphasize a noun:
B1 exactly right for someone or something:
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- He's so fussy about the house - everything has to be absolutely perfect.
- The president reassured his people that he was in perfect health.
- The curtains look great - they're a perfect match for the sofa.
- Within a short space of time you could be speaking perfect English!
- Her determination, teamwork skills and leadership capabilities convinced us that she was perfect for the job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Perfect and faultless
- Arcadia
- consummate
- faultless
- flawless
- golden age
- idyllic
- immaculate
- impeccable
- irreproachable
- land
- land of milk and honey idiom
- mint
- perfectly
- Prince Charming
- Shangri-La
- sin 1
- storybook
- tee
- to a tee idiom
- unblemished
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perfect adjective (PAST TENSE)
specialized language of or relating to a verb indicating a completed action:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- arose
- art
- aspect
- began
- bent
- ditransitive
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the pluperfect
- the present simple
- the third person
- transitive
- wast
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perfectnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈpɜː.fekt/us/ˈpɝː.fekt/specializedMore examples
- 'I had already eaten' is an example of the past perfect.
- 'I have already eaten' is an example of the present perfect.
B2 the tense of a verb that shows action that has happened in the past or before another time or event:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- arose
- art
- aspect
- began
- bent
- ditransitive
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the pluperfect
- the present simple
- the third person
- transitive
- wast
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perfectverb [ T ]
uk/pəˈfekt/us/pɝːˈ/C2 to make something free from faults:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Perfect and faultless
- Arcadia
- consummate
- faultless
- flawless
- golden age
- idyllic
- immaculate
- impeccable
- irreproachable
- land
- land of milk and honey idiom
- mint
- perfectly
- Prince Charming
- Shangri-La
- sin 1
- storybook
- tee
- to a tee idiom
- unblemished
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