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perfect English

Meaning perfect meaning

What does perfect mean?
Definitions in simple English

perfect Adjective

— Something that is perfect has no mistakes, problems, or damage. She answered him in perfect Japanese. — Something that is perfect is exactly what was needed or wanted. "Here's the knife." "Oh, yes! Thanks, it's perfect." That's a perfect example of how to start a business. — In a perfect tense, a verb is used for a situation that is finished before another point in time. I believe that in French the passe compose is equivalent to the present perfect tense in English.

perfect Verb

— If you perfect something, you fix all its problems or make it as good as possible. Our leaders have perfected the art of sounding good while saying nothing.

perfect Noun

— The perfect is a verb tense used for a situation that is finished before another point in time. This verb should be in the present perfect, but you need have.

perfect

— adjective 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 — verb make perfect or complete perfect your French in Paris! — adjective precisely accurate or exact perfect timing — noun (= perfective) a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) — adjective (= arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated) 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 the unadulterated truth

Synonyms perfect synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as perfect?

perfect English » English

complete flawless improve whole absolute excellent pure finish consummate refine impeccable faultless utter superb ideal exact entire correct stark sound polish perfect tense full accurate wonderful total righteous prepare perfective intact completed best undamaged unadulterated true thoroughgoing thorough sufficient staring right regular ready proper precise polish up perfective tense mature just integral good

Topics perfect topics

What do people use perfect to talk about?
States Quality Good

Perfect
Grammar Very

Completely
States Quality Good Right, proper

Compatible
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Meet a standard

Conjugation perfect conjugation

How do you conjugate perfect?

perfect · verb

Examples perfect examples

How do I use perfect in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It no longer seems to be a perfect circle.
The plane made a perfect landing.
Practice makes perfect.
Perfect!
You look perfect.
Now it's perfect.
It's perfect.
Tom's French is almost perfect.
I'm in a perfect world.
I just want to be perfect.
She's not perfect.
Tom and Mary seem like the perfect couple.
My life is perfect.
To be perfect she lacked just one defect.
You've done a perfect job.
Your answer is anything but perfect.
Your answer is far from perfect.
Your composition is perfect except for a few mistakes.
Your English is perfect.
If you could only speak English, you would be perfect.
The spaceship made a perfect landing.
None of us is perfect.
Mrs. Davis was anything but a perfect wife.
Each movement of the dancer was perfect.
Japanese children brought up overseas sometimes face great difficulty in adjusting themselves to Japanese schools after returning, even though they have a perfect command of Japanese.
The room was in perfect order.

Movie subtitles

The giraffe was hailed as a symbol of perfect virtue, perfect government and perfect harmony in the empire and the universe.
That makes perfect sense!
All that water was perfect for breeding life.
It just looks perfect.
I will pick the perfect hell for you and prepare it in advance.
Shahir, she's the perfect donor for Terry Brown.
It's a perfect table. That's what I think.
But anyway I have the perfect slippy-slidey socks. Number 31. Oh, no.
You're just perfect.
Today you are gonna tell Greg that you want to start a life together, and it's gonna be perfect.
A perfect moment.
It would be perfect on Valencia.
It's astonishing, maybe even perfect.
It's never perfect.
I'd get to be in a play and have a girlfriend who would show up backstage with a bouquet of roses, and it would all be perfect, but.
We wanted it to be perfect, so I made Saad focus on getting every last detail right.
Perfect.
Okay, well, perfect then!
The counterfeit is perfect.
You're in the wrong job. It's perfect.
A perfect end to an imperfect life.
And in conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, here we have one of the most perfect specimens of the human brain ever to come to my attention at the university.
The bodies we use now, dissecting them for lecture purposes, were not perfect enough for his experiments, he said.
Hank would be my idea of a perfect bodyguard.
Madame Mata Hari, may a perfect stranger offer her appreciation?
What a perfect gentle knight you are, commander.
Is she your girlfriend? That's perfect.
That's why you, who're so talented at protecting someone, is the perfect match.
THIS SOUNDS PERFECT. WHAT IS N.D.E.?
That's perfect!
It's a perfect table.
But anyway I have the perfect slippy-slidey socks.
And you are the perfect height to pair with Phillip's friend, Daniel, who stopped growing after being a kid gymnast.
It's the perfect system!

News and current affairs

If you are a high-net-worth investor, a sovereign wealth fund, or a central bank, it makes perfect sense to hold a modest proportion of your portfolio in gold as a hedge against extreme events.
Indeed, on the surface it seems to be its perfect antithesis: the collapse of a wall symbolizing oppression and artificial divisions versus the collapse of a seemingly indestructible and reassuring institution of financial capitalism.
According to Gleb Pavlovsky, the Putin regime's leading ideologist, the current Russian system is perfect in all respects but one: it doesn't know its enemies.
Marxism appealed to Chinese intellectuals, because it was bookish, introduced a modern moral orthodoxy, and was based, like Confucianism, on a promise of perfect harmony.
Individually, these are each highly plausible scenarios, and collectively they would hit the US trade deficit like a perfect storm.
For two hundred years, economists used simple economic models that assumed that information was perfect - i.e. that all participants have equal and transparent knowledge of the relevant factors.
They knew that information wasn't perfect, but hoped that a world with moderate imperfections of information would be akin to a world with perfect information.
At the most simplistic level: in a world with perfect information, bankruptcy would not exist - why, indeed, would anyone lend to someone who they knew would not repay them?
Actor Toby Maguire portrays Fischer with remarkable authenticity - indeed, pitch-perfect for those of us who met Fischer in his prime.
The chess world had long been the perfect battleground on which to prove the superiority of the Communist system.
The outcome of any such experiment is impossible to foresee, because other countries' experience can never be a perfect guide to a new system - the situation is never exactly the same in a different environment.
Not coincidentally, that's a perfect prescription for bloated, debt-ridden central and subnational governments worldwide.
Delegates are confused about their roles and powers, and the conditions are perfect for creating a silent majority.
For the US, energy self-sufficiency is the perfect excuse for a phased withdrawal from the Middle East; freed from energy dependency, America should be able to concentrate on the Pacific.
But perfect markets are no more available than perfect governments.
Energy policy is a perfect example of a wrongheaded strategy.
Of course, parliamentary political systems are far from perfect.
All the ingredients seem to be in place for a long and powerful perfect storm of economic decline and social unrest.
Putin has found in Ukraine the perfect tool with which to confound and divide the West.
A comely brunette who sings is perfect for a Bollywood makeover.
In the event of an increase in a commodity's price, a finance minister who has done a perfect job of hedging export-price risk on the futures market will suddenly find himself accused of having gambled away the national patrimony.
American presidential elections provide a near perfect test to understand the difference between European and Asian worldviews, even if the two continents are far from united internally.

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