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perfect

[pur-fikt, per-fekt] / ˈpɜr fɪkt, pərˈfɛkt /






Usage

What are other ways to say perfect? The adjective perfect emphasizes completeness, and also high quality and absence of defects or blemishes: a perfect diamond. Complete implies that a certain unit has all its parts or is fully developed or perfected, and may apply to a process or purpose carried to fulfillment: a complete explanation. Intact implies retaining completeness and original condition: a package delivered intact. Entire means whole, having unbroken unity: an entire book. 

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A perfect score indicates no errors on the screening instrument, but clinicians emphasize that the result is interpreted in context and is not considered evidence of exceptional intelligence.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

And he needed to be near perfect to beat Norco pitcher Jordan Ayala, who also was outstanding.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Both Musk and Bezos see space as the perfect home for remote servers, partly because of the vast energy that can be harnessed from the sun.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The researchers observed signs of deep-strong light-matter coupling, a phenomenon in which electrons inside the silver nanoparticles oscillate in perfect synchrony with light waves and become quantum mechanically entangled.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

It would have been another of life’s perfect moments except for the mosquitoes and chiggers and whatever was crawling off J.W. and onto us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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