Meaning

3 senses

  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.

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

More definitions
  • a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

Examples

1478 sentences

  1. I don't claim that we're perfect.

    Я не стверджую, що ми досконалі. — shanghainese

    ruЯ не утверждаю, что мы идеальны. — marafon

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  2. We all know no one's perfect.

    Ми всі знаємо, що ніхто не досконалий. — deniko

    deWir wissen alle, dass niemand vollkommen ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We all know that no one's perfect.

    Ми всі знаємо, що ніхто не досконалий. — deniko

    deWir wissen alle, dass niemand vollkommen ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. We all know that no one is perfect.

    Ми всі знаємо, що ніхто не досконалий. — deniko

    ruВсе мы знаем, что никто не совершенен. — marafon

    deWir wissen alle, dass niemand vollkommen ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom and his children spent all afternoon looking for the perfect Christmas tree.

    Том з дітьми весь день провели, шукаючи досконалу різдвяну ялинку. — deniko

    deTom und seine Kinder suchten den ganzen Nachmittag lang nach dem perfekten Weihnachtsbaum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit (modern: parfait), from Latin perfectus

From Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit (modern: parfait), from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere (“to finish”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + facere (“to do, to make”). The spelling was modified in the 15th century to conform to its Latin etymon. Doublet of parfait, perfecto, and perfectus.

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Forms

plural: perfects

Synonyms

5 synonyms
perfectuspreterperfect
Close in meaning
  • a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect):perfectiveperfective tenseperfect tense

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is perfect for
  • far from perfect
  • is the perfect
  • perfect hiding place
  • in perfect health
  • the perfect place
  • a perfect match
  • the perfect hiding
  • was a perfect
  • timing is perfect
  • would be perfect
  • perfect place

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
peremptoryperennialperfectionperfectionismperfectionist

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