1. Adjective
Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.
2. Adjective
Well informed; certain; sure.
3. Adjective
Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.
4. Noun
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
5. Adjective
To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
6. Noun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar
More about this word
Synonyms and related words
Explore this word
