perfect

adj

1. (not-comparable, usually)Fitting its definition precisely.

   “a perfect circle”

2. (not-comparable, usually)Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.

   “That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.”

3. (not-comparable, usually)Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.

   “The gymnast performed a perfect somersault.”

   “I think I'm in love—I can't stop thinking about her. She's perfect!”

   “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

4. (not-comparable, usually)Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.

   “The expert forger made a perfect copy of the victim's driver's license”

5. (not-comparable, usually)Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
6. (not-comparable, usually)Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.

   “Practice makes perfect.”

   “word-perfect, letter-perfect”

7. (not-comparable, obsolete, usually)Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.

   “Our Battaile is more full of Names then yours, / Our Men more perfect in the vse of Armes, / Our Armor all as strong, our Cause the best”

8. (not-comparable, usually)Excellent and delightful in all respects.

   “a perfect day”

   “And was the day of my delight ⁠As pure and perfect as I say? ⁠The very source and fount of Day Is dash’d with wandering isles of night.”

   “They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.”

9. (not-comparable, usually)Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.

   “Marke the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace”

10. (not-comparable, usually)Representing a completed action.
11. (not-comparable, usually)Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
12. (not-comparable, usually)Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
13. (not-comparable, usually)Equal to the sum of its proper divisors.

    “6 is perfect because the sum of its proper divisors, 1, 2, and 3, which is 6, is equal to the number itself.”

14. (not-comparable, usually)Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
15. (not-comparable, usually)Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.

    “perfect fifth”

16. (not-comparable, usually)Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.

    “a perfect Manhattan”

    “a perfect Rob Roy”

17. (not-comparable, obsolete, usually)Well informed; certain; sure.

    “I am perfect that the Pannonians and Dalmatians for their liberties are now in arms.”

18. (not-comparable, obsolete, usually)Innocent, guiltless; without blemish.

    “My fault being nothing—as I have told you oft— / But that two villains, whose false oaths prevail'd / Before my perfect honour, swore to Cymbeline / I was confederate with the Romans: so / Follow'd my banishment”

    “My parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly.”

19. (not-comparable, obsolete, usually)Sane, of sound mind.

    “Pray, do not mock me. / I am a very foolish fond old man, / Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less / And, to deal plainly, / I fear I am not in my perfect mind.”

noun

1. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
2. A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.

   “Awarded for scoring all Perfects in the Dominator rank!”

   “[…] a table of all the ratings that each player has achieved, giving you several scoring options based on player feedback (I simply record the number of perfects).”

3. (historical)A leader of the Cathar movement.

verb

1. (transitive)To make perfect; to improve or hone.

   “I am going to perfect this article.”

   “You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.”

2. To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

   “perfect an appeal”

   “perfect an interest”

   “perfect a judgment”