perfection

per·fec·tion  (pr-fkshn)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being perfect.

2. The act or process of perfecting: Perfection of the invention took years.

3. A person or thing considered to be perfect.

4. An instance of excellence.

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perfection [pəˈfɛkʃən]

n

1. the act of perfecting or the state or quality of being perfect

2. the highest degree of a quality, etc. the perfection of faithfulness

3. an embodiment of perfection

[from Latin perfectiō a completing, from perficere to finish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	perfection - the state of being without a flaw or defect flawlessness, ne plus ultra state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" dream - someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream" refinement, polish, finish, cultivation, culture - a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad fare-thee-well - state of perfection; the utmost degree; "they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well" intactness - the state of being unimpaired imperfection, imperfectness - the state or an instance of being imperfect
	2.	perfection - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept beau ideal, paragon, idol ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain gold standard - a paragon of excellence; "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged"
	3.	perfection - the act of making something perfect improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"

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perfection

noun

1. excellence, integrity, superiority, purity, wholeness, sublimity, exquisiteness, faultlessness, flawlessness, perfectness, immaculateness the quest for physical perfection

2. the ideal, the crown, the last word, one in a million (informal), a paragon, the crème de la crème, the acme, a nonpareil, the beau idéal She seems to be perfection itself.

3. accomplishment, achieving, achievement, polishing, evolution, refining, completion, realization, fulfilment, consummation the woman credited with the perfection of this technique

4. exactness, precision, correctness, exactitude, exactness, meticulousness, preciseness the mathematical perfection of a Bach fugue

Quotations
"Perfection is the child of Time" [Bishop Joseph Hall Works]

Translations

perfection [pəˈfekʃən] N → perfección f
the peak of perfection → el súmmum de la perfección
cooked to perfection → cocinado a la perfección

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perfection [pə^rˈfɛkʃ^ən] n

(= quality) → perfection f

to perfection (= perfectly) [done, cooked] → à la perfection

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perfection

n

→ Vollkommenheit f, → Perfektion f; to do something to perfection → etw perfekt tun

(= perfecting) → Vervollkommnung f, → Perfektionierung f; the perfection of production methods → die Perfektionierung der Produktionsmethoden

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perfection [pəˈfɛkʃ/ən] n → perfezione f
to perfection → a or alla perfezione

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