perfect
verb/pəˈfekt/
/pərˈfekt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they perfect | /pəˈfekt/ /pərˈfekt/ |
| he / she / it perfects | /pəˈfekts/ /pərˈfekts/ |
| past simple perfected | /pəˈfektɪd/ /pərˈfektɪd/ |
| past participle perfected | /pəˈfektɪd/ /pərˈfektɪd/ |
| -ing form perfecting | /pəˈfektɪŋ/ /pərˈfektɪŋ/ |
- perfect something to make something perfect or as good as you can
- As a musician, she has spent years perfecting her technique.
- They have perfected the art of winemaking.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French perfet, from Latin perfectus ‘completed’, from the verb perficere, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’.
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