word perfect adjective

adj UK (US letter perfect)

Definition

describes words produced without any mistakes, or a person who is able to repeat a particular text from memory without making any mistakes

His mother rehearsed his lines with him and by the time the play opened he was word perfect.

"Your German was word perfect when we spoke earlier, Mr Whitlock, " Franz said.

a word-perfect rendition/recitation

(Definition of word perfect adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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