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Word: Perfect
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English: from Old French perfet, from Latin perfectus ‘completed’, from the verb perficere, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’
ˈpəːfɪkt
having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be
Short Definition:as good as is possible
Examples:- life certainly isn't perfect at the moment
- a perfect summer's day
absolute; complete (used for emphasis)
Short Definition:absolute or complete
Examples:- a perfect stranger
- all that Joseph said made perfect sense to me
(of a number) equal to the sum of its positive divisors, e.g. the number 6, whose divisors (1, 2, 3) also add up to 6.
Short Definition:equal to sum of positive divisors
(of a tense) denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action which began in the past. The perfect tense is formed in English with have or has and the past participle, as in they have eaten and they have been eating (present perfect), they had eaten (past perfect), and they will have eaten (future perfect).
Short Definition:(of tense) denoting completed action
(of a flower) having both stamens and carpels present and functional.
Short Definition:having both stamens and carpels
Word: Perfect
Speech Type: Verb
pəˈfɛkt
make (something) completely free from faults or defects; make as good as possible
Short Definition:make completely free from faults
Examples:- he's busy perfecting his bowling technique
Word: Perfect
Speech Type: Noun
ˈpəːfɪkt
the perfect tense.
Short Definition:perfect tense
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