perfection
[noun]
Synonyms:
- completeness, maturity
- purity, integrity, perfectness, wholeness
- excellence, exquisiteness, sublimity, superiority
- exactness, faultlessness, precision

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Antonyms: imperfection

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

per‧fec‧tion /pəˈfekʃən $ pər-/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: perfection ≠ imperfection, perfectionist, perfectionism, perfectibility; adjective: perfect ≠ imperfect, perfectible, perfectionist; verb: perfect; adverb: perfectly ≠ imperfectly]

1. the state of being perfect:
My father expected perfection from all of us.
the search for technical perfection
to perfection (=perfectly)
The beef was cooked to perfection.

2. the process of making something perfect
perfection of
the perfection of his golf swing

3. be perfection to be perfect:
Her performance was pure perfection.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

perfection
noun
ADJ. great | absolute, utter | near | moral, physical, technical
VERB + PERFECTION achieve, bring sth to, reach | seek, strive for She strives for perfection in everything.
fall short of
PREP. close to ~ The cooking was close to perfection.
near ~ A night's labour brought the sculpture one step nearer perfection.
to ~ (= perfectly) The dress fitted to perfection.
towards ~ a sequence of developmental stages towards the perfection of his violin technique
PHRASES a degree/point of perfection He brought the art of photography to the highest point of perfection.
a model of perfection The building became the model of perfection that architects sought to emulate.
the pursuit of perfection She sometimes stayed up painting all night in her pursuit of perfection.
a quest/search for perfection

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲