perfect
pronunciation
How to pronounce perfect in British English:
UK [ˈpɜːfɪkt , pəˈfekt]
How to pronounce perfect in American English:
US [ˈpɜːrfɪkt , pərˈfekt]
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- Noun:
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
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- Verb:
- make perfect or complete
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- Adjective:
- being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- precisely accurate or exact
Word Origin
- perfect
- perfect: [13] Something that is perfect is etymologically ‘completely made’. The word comes via Old French parfit from Latin perfectus, the past participle of perficere ‘finish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix per- ‘completely’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, fashion, etc). The modern English form perfect, a reversion to the Latin spelling, emerged in the 15th century.=> fact, factory, fashion
- perfect (adj.)
- early 15c. alteration of Middle English parfit (c. 1300), from Old French parfit "finished, completed, ready" (11c.), from Latin perfectus "completed, excellent, accomplished, exquisite," past participle of perficere "accomplish, finish, complete," from per- "completely" (see per) + facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Often used in English as an intensive (perfect stranger, etc.).
- perfect (v.)
- "to bring to full development," late 14c., parfiten, from perfect (adj.). Related: Perfected; perfecting.
Example
- 1. Of course , this analysis isn 't perfect .
- 2. It seems japan is a perfect partner for china in its bid to clean up .
- 3. He was the perfect " peacetime " ceo .
- 4. Yet the market for ideas is far from perfect .
- 5. That makes them a perfect target for mobile advertising .