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per·fec·tion

[per-fek-shuhn]
noun
1.
the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
2.
the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.
3.
a perfect embodiment or example of something.
4.
a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.
5.
the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.
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6.
the act or fact of perfecting.
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Origin:
1175–1225; < Latin perfectiōn- (stem of perfectiō) a finishing (see perfect, -ion); replacing Middle English perfectiun, perfeccioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

hy·per·per·fec·tion, noun
non·per·fec·tion, noun
su·per·per·fec·tion, noun
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Example Sentences
  • The search for perfection began with a magnet on the refrigerator.
  • Finally he decides he has finished his painting and that it rivals nature in its perfection.
  • He sold dreams of perfection instead of a partnership between man and machine.
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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
 
[C13: from Latin perfectiō a completing, from perficere to finish]

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