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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•fec•tion /pɚˈfɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the state or quality of being or becoming perfect:The roast beef was cooked to perfection.
- the highest degree of ability, skill, or excellence.
- a perfect example of something:As a teacher, he is perfection itself.
- the act or fact of perfecting.
See -fec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•fec•tion (pər fek′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.
- a perfect embodiment or example of something.
- a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.
- the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.
- the act or fact of perfecting.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Latin perfectiōn- (stem of perfectiō) a finishing (see perfect, -ion); replacing Middle English perfectiun, perfeccioun
- 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: perfection /pəˈfɛkʃən/ n - the act of perfecting or the state or quality of being perfect
- the highest degree of a quality, etc: the perfection of faithfulness
- an embodiment of perfection
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin perfectiō a completing, from perficere to finish |