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{
"term": "perfect",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having everything that is necessary; complete and without faults or weaknesses",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "in perfect condition"
},
{
"text": "He smiled, revealing a perfect set of teeth."
},
{
"text": "Well I'm sorry—but **nobody's perfect** *(= used when somebody has criticized you)*."
},
{
"text": "**In a perfect world**, everybody would have everything they needed."
},
{
"text": "What's your idea of the perfect partner?"
},
{
"text": "He had brought chaos to her once perfect life."
},
{
"text": "He seemed too perfect to be real."
},
{
"text": "The treaty is far from perfect, but it is clearly the way forward."
},
{
"text": "a seemingly perfect alibi"
},
{
"text": "the impossibly perfect shine on the vinyl-tiled floors"
},
{
"text": "He has behaved like a perfect gentleman ever since I met him."
},
{
"text": "Most of our testers considered the driving position and seats close to perfect."
},
{
"text": "She came up with the perfect excuse that she had to visit her sick grandmother."
},
{
"text": "This album is almost perfect to me."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "just"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "completely correct; exact and accurate",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She speaks perfect English."
},
{
"text": "a **perfect fit/match**"
},
{
"text": "What **perfect timing**!"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "just"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the best of its kind",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **perfect example** of the painter’s early style"
},
{
"text": "the **perfect crime** *(= one in which the criminal is never discovered)*"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "just"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "excellent; very good",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The weather was perfect."
},
{
"text": "I have this dress that would just look perfect on you!"
},
{
"text": "He had high blood pressure but was in otherwise perfect health."
},
{
"text": "‘What's your room like?’ ‘Perfect!’"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "just"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "exactly right for somebody/something",
"sensetop": "perfect for somebody/something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hawaii is the perfect place for a honeymoon.",
"contextForm": "perfect for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She's the perfect candidate for the job."
},
{
"text": "You and Jeff are perfect for each other."
},
{
"text": "‘Will 2.30 be OK for you?’ ‘Perfect, thanks.’"
},
{
"text": "The town's position in the region makes it perfect for touring."
},
{
"text": "It was a perfect day for a picnic."
},
{
"text": "Conditions were perfect for walking."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "just"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "total; complete",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't know him—he's a perfect stranger."
},
{
"text": "I have a perfect right to ask you—and you have the right not to answer."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "connected with the form of a verb that consists of part of the verb have with the past participle of the main verb, used to express actions completed by the present or a particular point in the past or future",
"labels": "(grammar)",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘I have eaten’ is the present perfect tense of the verb ‘to eat’, ‘I had eaten’ is the past perfect and ‘I will have eaten’ is the future perfect."
}
],
"topics": ["Language"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that something is what you would like to happen or what should happen, but you know it cannot",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In an ideal world we would be recycling and reusing everything."
},
{
"text": "In a perfect world no one would need to pay for healthcare."
},
{
"text": "In an ideal world, I'd like to work just three days a week."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a way of encouraging people by telling them that if you do an activity regularly and try to improve your skill, you will become very good at it",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːfɪkt/",
"audio": "pe/perfect/perfect__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrfɪkt/",
"audio": "pe/perfect/perfect__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French perfet, from Latin perfectus ‘completed’, from the verb perficere, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’."
}