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Meaning of perfection | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
pɚˈfɛk.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence
  3. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence
  4. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
    countable, uncountable
  5. A special feature or quality that confers superiority:beauty, distinction, excellence, merit, virtue.
  6. The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests
  7. The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
    countable, uncountable
  8. to make perfect. He went to France to perfect his French. verbeter يُتْقِن подобрявам aperfeiçoar zdokonalit vervollkommnen perfektionere τελειοποιώperfeccionar täiustama تکمیل کردن parannella perfectionner לְשַכלֵל प्ा करना usavršiti tökéletesít menyempurnakan fullkomna perfezionare 仕上げる 완벽하게 하다 (pa)tobulinti pilnveidot supaya sst menjadi sangat baik vervolmakenperfeksjonereudoskonalić, poprawić تمامول aperfeiçoar a perfecţiona совершенствовать zdokonaliť izpopolniti usavršiti göra perfekt, ...
  9. To perfect
  10. the state of being perfect. Absolute perfection in a dictionary is rare. perfeksie إتْقان، كَمال съвършенство perfeição bezchybnost die Vollkommenheit perfektion τελειότηταperfección täiuslikkus بی نقصی täydellisyys perfectionשלמות पूर्णता, निपुणता savršenstvo tökéletesség ke sempurnaan fullkomnun perfezione 完全 완전(한 상태) tobulybė, tobulumas pilnība kesempurnaan volmaaktheidfullkommenhet, perfeksjon perfekcja بشپړوالى، پوره توب perfeição perfecţiune безупречность, совершенство bezchybnosť popol...
  11. a person who is only satisfied if what he is doing is perfect. She's a perfectionist – her work is perfect in every detail. perfeksionis مُتْقِن، من يَنْشُد الكَمال максималист perfeccionista puntičkář der/die Perfektionist(in) perfektionist τελειομανήςperfeccionista perfektsionist آدم وسواسی perfektionisti perfectionniste שוֹאֶף לִשלֵמוּת पूर्णतावादी, परिपूर्णतावादी perfekcionist, vrlo pedantna savjesna osoba maximalista perfeksionis maður með fullkomnunaráráttu perfezionista 完全主義者 완벽주의자 tob...
  12. The quality or condition of being perfect.
  13. The act or process of perfecting: Perfection of the invention took years.
  14. A person or thing considered to be perfect.
  15. An instance of excellence.
  16. the act of perfecting or the state or quality of being perfect
  17. the highest degree of a quality, etc: the perfection of faithfulness.

Equivalents

Examples

“near-perfection”
“total perfection”
“aim for perfection”
“lack perfection”
“attain perfection”
“be far off perfection”
“Think, think about the way of rejection / You're not the only one reaching for perfection / Think, think about the reason you exist / I got something you might not wanna miss”
“No tongue can her perfections tell”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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