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[per-fek-shuhn]

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noun

the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.

the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.

a perfect embodiment or example of something.

a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.

the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.

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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

Related forms

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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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.

We are moving through to the perfection of gesture," she says.

Captures the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of eggs, luminously photographed in natural light.

When it comes to diamonds in jewelry, perfection is everything.

Their dramatic flower heads have the same tough perfection.

Indeed, little stands between us and a society stratified by chromosomal perfection.

The making of fire-proof and burglarproof safes has been brought, of late years, to great perfection.

While it's true that artists striving for perfection possess artistic hubris, their need for perfection tortures them.

In anorexics, striving for perfection and conscientiousness are common non-pathological traits.

Elite climbers are disciplined athletes who train constantly, repeating movements to perfection.

Their shared goal of man's perfection was at best an accomplishment of consummate evil.

Indeed, the catfish po' boy sandwich is pretty darn close to perfection when it comes to a catfish encounter.

Perfection in a cookie is a matter of individual preference.

There is no materiality, no product, which comes close to our level of intelligence and our inherent design perfection.

It is not the function of religion to say what people want to hear but to set standards of perfection that people can aspire.

Think about that when you catch yourself toiling toward some mythical standard of perfection.

There is too much uncertainty for perfection to have a chance.

But scientists say the mission is still moving along at near perfection.

Hamburgers cooked over a bed of coals are irradiated to perfection by infrared waves.

My satisfaction is more about peeking into the moment that they treasure than the perfection of the page.

If something is perfect, it responds to its creator's quest for perfection.

Hot out of the oven, it reaches perfection in those few heartbeats.

Young women starve themselves to emaciated perfection.

As with rice, however, perfection is exceptionally difficult to.

The elegance of the perfect parabolic drop of a bias-cut gown is no less elegant than the perfection of a beautiful mathematical.

They did, and the generator performed to perfection.

Obviously, there's the coppery tan that he has cultivated to perfection.

They seemed to have achieved perfection on earth, yet were affordable to the common man.

Only until recently, many of them started to wonder whether our society could last long enough to see its perfection.

Demanding perfection is another sign of a detachment from reality.

The pneumatic tube service, by the way, will have reached its perfection long before the first half of the new century has flown.

Of course, moral perfection seldom arrives at graduation, even in the best of cases.

In a sense choice may be spoiling the perfection of the markets.

We can only seek perfection but not able to be perfect.

There was always rice, cooked to perfection and topped with gravy or butter, as you preferred.

There has long been a tension between seeking perfection in life or in the afterlife.

First is the idea that evolution tends towards perfection.

He was the prime example of running an honest business fueled by perfection and real innovation.

Biology is decaying from a once perfect situation, it is not evolving from non living matter to perfection.

He took two steps forward and one step back from time to time but in the end there was perfection.

In the end, not aiming for perfection might truly take the pressure off couples and families, too.

So much in the health care debate seems to be about allowing an idealized, non-existent perfection to defeat reform.

Perfection of the process will have obvious applications in the biomedical field as well.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

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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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Perfection definition

See SANCTIFICATION.

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