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Word3 perfect
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /ˈpɜːfɪkt/ /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/
Example
  • in perfect condition
  • he smiled, revealing a perfect set of teeth.
  • well i'm sorry—but nobody's perfect (= used when somebody has criticized you).
  • in a perfect world, everybody would have everything they needed.
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perfect

(adjective)/ˈpɜːfɪkt/ /ˈpɜːrfɪkt/
  1. having everything that is necessary; complete and without faults or weaknesses
    • in perfect condition
    • He smiled, revealing a perfect set of teeth.
    • Well I'm sorry—but nobody's perfect (= used when somebody has criticized you).
    • In a perfect world, everybody would have everything they needed.
    • What's your idea of the perfect partner?

    Extra Examples

    • He had brought chaos to her once perfect life.
    • He seemed too perfect to be real.
    • Her high heels emphasized her already perfect legs.
    • The treaty is far from perfect, but it is clearly the way forward.
    • a seemingly perfect alibi
    • the impossibly perfect shine on the vinyl-tiled floors
    • He has behaved like a perfect gentleman ever since I met him.
    • Most of our testers considered the driving position and seats close to perfect.
    • She came up with the perfect excuse that she had to visit her sick grandmother.
    • This album is almost perfect to me.
  2. completely correct; exact and accurate
    • SEE ALSO letter-perfect
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/letter-perfect
    • She speaks perfect English.
    • a perfect fit/match
    • What perfect timing!
  3. the best of its kind
    • a perfect example of the painter’s early style
    • the perfect crime (= one in which the criminal is never discovered)
  4. excellent; very good
    • The weather was perfect.
    • I have this dress that would just look perfect on you!

    Extra Examples

    • He had high blood pressure but was in otherwise perfect health.
    • ‘What's your room like?’ ‘Perfect!’
  5. exactly right for somebody/something
    • SYNONYM ideal
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ideal_2
    • Hawaii is the perfect place for a honeymoon.
    • She's the perfect candidate for the job.
    • You and Jeff are perfect for each other.
    • ‘Will 2.30 be OK for you?’ ‘Perfect, thanks.’

    Extra Examples

    • The town's position in the region makes it perfect for touring.
    • It was a perfect day for a picnic.
    • Conditions were perfect for walking.
  6. total; complete
    • I don't know him—he's a perfect stranger.
    • I have a perfect right to ask you—and you have the right not to answer.
  7. connected with the form of a verb that consists of part of the verb have with the past participle of the main verb, used to express actions completed by the present or a particular point in the past or future
    • SEE ALSO future perfect
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-future-perfect
    • ‘I have eaten’ is the present perfect tense of the verb ‘to eat’, ‘I had eaten’ is the past perfect and ‘I will have eaten’ is the future perfect.
  8. used to say that something is what you would like to happen or what should happen, but you know it cannot
    • In an ideal world we would be recycling and reusing everything.

    Extra Examples

    • In a perfect world no one would need to pay for healthcare.
    • In an ideal world, I'd like to work just three days a week.
  9. a way of encouraging people by telling them that if you do an activity regularly and try to improve your skill, you will become very good at it
  10. Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French perfet, from Latin perfectus ‘completed’, from the verb perficere, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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