{
    "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’."
}