perfection
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perfection
- /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ US
Rhymes with -ɛkʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. By surface analysis, perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.
noun perfections
- The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence. near-perfection
- A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. No tongue can her perfections tell
- The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
Similar: faultlessness, flawlessness, impeccability, infallibility
verb perfections · perfectioning · perfectioned
- To perfect. My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: paragon, beau ideal, idol, flawlessness, perfect, completeness, thoroughness, comprehensive, excellence, consummation, sound, accomplishment, improving, improvement, improved, improve
noun
Similar: faultlessness, flawlessness, impeccability, infallibility
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noun being perfect
| Español | perfección |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 완벽 wanbyeok, 완전 wanjeon |
| 日本語 | 完全 kanzen, 完璧 kampeki, 万全 banzen |
| 中文 | 完美 wánměi, 完善 wánshàn, 完成 wánchéng |
| हिन्दी | पूर्णता pūrṇatā |
| Kiswahili | ukamilifu |
| Português | perfeição |
| Français | perfection |
| Deutsch | Vollkommenheit, Perfektion |
| Italiano | perfezione |
| Ελληνικά | τελειότητα teleiótita |
| Română | perfecțiune |
| Русский | соверше́нство soveršénstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | sự hoàn hảo |
| العربية | كَمَال kamāl, إتقان ʔitqān |
| עברית | הִשׁתַלְמוּת hishtalmut |
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title = {perfection},
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