/ˈpɜː.fɪkt/
Translation
So good that nothing is wrong with it and nothing could be better.
Word origin
From Latin perfectus, meaning finished or complete, from perficere, to complete.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- perfectus
Examples
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"Perfect" means so good that nothing was wrong with it.
.
Here "perfect" means the answer was completely right.
picnic.
Here "perfect" tells us the place could not be any better.
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