perfection
/pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/
perfection noun: the quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
Noun
perfection (countable and uncountable, plural perfections)
- The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
- near-perfection
- total perfection
- A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
- No tongue can her perfections tella. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
- The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
Verb
perfection (third-person singular simple present perfections, present participle perfectioning, simple past and past participle perfectioned)
- To perfect.
- My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language.1762, [Samuel] Foote, The Orators. […], Dublin: […] Thomas Richey, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 10
- Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]1770, William Woty, Mock Invocation to Genius
perfection meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
perfection in Hindi
- being perfect
- पूर्णता pūrṇatā
perfection in Tamil
- கச்சிதம், பூரணம்
perfection in Marathi
- परिपूर्णता
perfection in Urdu
- perfection
- کمال kamāl, سنسکار sanskār
More languagesFewer languages
- perfection in Bengali
- নিখুঁত অবস্থা, পূর্ণতা
- perfection in Telugu
- కుదురు kuduru
- perfection in Malayalam
- മിന mina, ചാല് cālŭ
- perfection in Kannada
- ಬದ್ದು, ಮುಗಿತಾಯ, ಸಮಗ್ರತೆ, ಸಾಂಗತೆ
- perfection in Punjabi
- ਕਮਾਲ kamāl
- perfection in Gujarati
- સંપૂર્ણતા sampūrṇatā
- perfection in Odia
- ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି sampatti
- perfection in Sanskrit
- संसिद्धि saṃsiddhi, अदिति áditi
- perfection in Nepali
- परिपूर्णता
- perfection in Tagalog
- perpeksiyon
- perfection in Arabic
- كَمَال kamāl, إتقان ʔitqān
- perfection in Indonesian
- kesempurnaan
- perfection in Persian
- کمال kamâl
- perfection in Thai
- ความสมบูรณ์ kwaam sŏmboon
- perfection in Vietnamese
- sự hoàn hảo
Examples of perfection in a sentence
- 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 miss1977, Ashford & Simpson, “Don't Cost You Nothing”, in Send It:
- Acts like an ojousama and spends most of her time perfectioning her make-up.2001 December 3, OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol, “AHSM Storytellers, Profiles”, in alt.hentai.sailor-moon (Usenet):
Synonyms of perfection
Forms of perfection
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | perfections |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | perfections |
| present participle | perfectioning |
| past participle | perfectioned |
| past | perfectioned |
Origin of perfection
From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. By surface analysis, perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.
Words formed from perfection
Phrases with perfection
Words that rhyme with perfection
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- direction
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about perfection
- What does perfection mean?
- Perfection means the quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
- What is perfection in Hindi?
- Perfection in Hindi is पूर्णता (pūrṇatā). See Perfection meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use perfection in a sentence?
- be far off perfection
- What part of speech is perfection?
- Perfection can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce perfection?
- Perfection is pronounced /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of perfection?
- The plural of perfection is perfections.
Words near perfection in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perfection (page history and authors); perfection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perfection (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سنسکار (Urdu) (page history and authors); Perfection (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కుదురు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ചാല് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); perfection (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਮਾਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); સંપૂર્ણતા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି (Odia) (page history and authors); अदिति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); perfection (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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