amerikai:
brit:
1. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
2. A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
1. Fitting its definition precisely.
a perfect circle
2. 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. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
Practice makes perfect.
4. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
a perfect day
5. Of a number: 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.
6. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
7. Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
8. Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
9. Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
10. Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
11. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
a perfect Manhattan; a perfect Rob Roy
12. Well informed; certain; sure.
13. Innocent, guiltless.
1. To make perfect; to improve or hone.
I am going to perfect this article.
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