Word of the Day - perfect

perfect

/ˈpəːfɪkt/
adjective
1 Having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.
1.1 Free from any flaw or defect in condition or quality; faultless.
1.2 Precisely accurate; exact.
1.3 Highly suitable for someone or something; exactly right.
1.4 dated - Thoroughly trained in or conversant with.
2 attributive - Absolute; complete (used for emphasis)
3 Mathematics
(of a number) equal to the sum of its positive divisors, e.g. the number 6, whose divisors (1, 2, 3) also add up to 6.
4 Grammar - (of a tense) denoting a completed action or a state or
habitual action which began in the past. The perfect tense is formed in
English with have or has and the past participle, as in they have eaten
and they have been eating (present perfect), they had eaten (past
perfect), and they will have eaten (future perfect).
5 Botany - (of a flower) having both stamens and carpels present and functional.
5.1 Botany Denoting the stage or state of a fungus in which the sexually produced spores are formed.
5.2 Entomology (of an insect) fully adult and (typically) winged.
verb
[with object]
1 Make (something) completely free from faults or defects; make as good as possible.
1.1 archaic - Bring to completion; finish.
1.2 Complete (a printed sheet of paper) by printing the second side.
1.3 Law - Satisfy the necessary conditions or requirements for the transfer of (a gift, title, etc.)
noun
Grammar
the perfect
The perfect tense.

Origin
Middle English from Old French perfet, from Latin perfectus ‘completed’, from
the verb perficere, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’.

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It was a perfect storm. Even though predicted to be merely a dusting or coating, every
necessary weather condition came together along the New England
coastline. It snowed for four days straight, dumping up to four feet in
places.