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word-perfectˌword-ˈperfect adjective British English   - Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin.
- She was word-perfect in the part she had to play; knew she could perform without betraying her nervousness.
to know something so well you can repeat it from memory► know something by heart also know something off by heart British to know every word of a poem, story, song etc, that you have learned so that you can say it or sing it without making any mistakes: · Eleanor had heard the story so many times that she knew every word of it by heart.· I studied the poem until I knew it off by heart. ► have something off pat British /have something down pat American to be able to give a speech or an answer immediately and easily because you have learned it thoroughly or because you have said the same thing a lot of times before: · She only had to repeat the lines once or twice, and she'd have them down pat.· Like most politicians he had all his answers off pat, but he didn't have anything particularly new or interesting to say. ► word perfect able to repeat something from memory in exactly the same way as it was said or written: · Each Monday the teacher made us recite a poem which had to be word perfect . able to remember and say every word of something correctly:  She rehearsed her speech until she was word-perfect. |