perfect game | a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base |
absolute pitch perfect pitch | the ability to identify the pitch of a tone |
past participle perfect participle | a participle that expresses completed action |
perfective perfective tense perfect perfect tense | a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) |
present perfect present perfect tense | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present, `I have finished' is an example of the present perfect |
past perfect past perfect tense pluperfect pluperfect tense | a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past, `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect |
future perfect future perfect tense | a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future, `I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect |
ideal gas perfect gas | a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces |
perfect hone | make perfect or complete, perfect your French in Paris! |
letter-perfect word-perfect | correct to the last detail, especially being in or following the exact words, a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy, she was word-perfect in her part |
perfect | precisely accurate or exact, perfect timing |
e arrant(a) complete(a) consummate(a) double-dyed(a) everlasting(a) gross(a) perfect(a) pure(a) sodding(a) stark(a) staring(a) thoroughgoing(a) utter(a) unadulterated | without qualification, used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers, an arrant fool, a complete coward, a consummate fool, a double-dyed villain, gross negligence, a perfect idiot, pure folly, what a sodding mess, stark staring mad, a thoroughgoing villain, utter nonsense, the unadulterated truth |
perfect | being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish, a perfect circle, a perfect reproduction, perfect happiness, perfect manners, a perfect specimen, a perfect day |