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perfect

 
/ˈpɜr·fɪkt/ adj (RIGHT)

Definition

complete and right in every way; having nothing wrong: The car is two years old but it’s in perfect condition. You can also use perfect to mean complete and emphasize the noun that comes after it: I felt like a perfect fool when I forgot her name.
(Definition of perfect adj (RIGHT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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