- the state of being perfect
- physical perfection
- The novel achieves a perfection of form that is quite new.
- His performance was perfection (= something perfect).
- to perfection The fish was cooked to perfection.
Extra Examples- He brought the art of photography to the highest point of perfection.
- She sometimes stayed up painting all night in her pursuit of perfection.
- She strives for perfection in everything.
- The building became the model of perfection that architects sought to emulate.
- The cooking was close to perfection.
- The dress fitted to perfection.
- a dance troupe whose work approaches perfection
- We were encouraged to strive for perfection.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- pure
- …
- degree
- achieve
- attain
- bring something to
- …
- close to perfection
- to perfection
- towards/toward perfection
- …
- a point of perfection
- a model of perfection
- the pursuit of perfection
- …
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- the act of making something perfect by doing the final improvements
- They have been working on the perfection of the new model.
- a sequence of developmental stages towards the perfection of his violin technique
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘completeness’): via Old French from Latin perfectio(n-), from perficere ‘to complete’, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’.
Idioms
See perfection in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee perfection in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha counsel of perfection
- (formal) advice that is good but that is difficult or impossible to followTopics Suggestions and advicec2
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