The meaning of Perfecting

Perfecting – definition

verb
Make (something) completely free from faults or defects; make as good as possible.
Usage examples:
He's busy perfecting his bowling technique
Synonims:
Improve Make perfect Bring to perfection Better Polish (up)Burnish Hone Refine Consummate Ameliorate Brush up Fine-tune Meliorate

adjective
Having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.
Usage examples:
Life certainly isn't perfect at the moment

adjective
Absolute; complete (used for emphasis)
Usage examples:
A perfect stranger

adjective
(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.
Usage examples:
Prior to publishing, he also found an upper bound on the least prime divisor of an odd perfect numb…

adjective
(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).
Usage examples:
It has seven vowels, it has no perfect tenses, it is chock-a-block with suffixes and its syntax is …

adjective
(of a flower) having both stamens and carpels present and functional.
Usage examples:
Pistillate flowers are usually smaller than perfect flowers and produce nectar with lower sugar con…

noun
The perfect tense.

verb
Present participle of perfect
Usage examples:
He is keen to perfect his golfing technique.

Perfecting translation into English

Perfecting: translate from English into Chinese

完善

Perfecting: translate from English into Dutch

Perfectioneren

Perfecting: translate from English into French

Perfection, Achèvement

Perfecting: translate from English into German

Perfektionieren

Perfecting: translate from English into Hindi

ख़तम, सुधारना, समाप्ति, तरक़्क़ी करना, ख़तम

Perfecting: translate from English into Italian

Perfezionamento

Perfecting: translate from English into Korean

완성, 마무리하기

Perfecting: translate from English into Russian

Совершенствование, Завершение

Perfecting: translate from English into Spanish

Perfeccionamiento

Word 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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Perfecting – similar words

perfectability

noun
Perfectibility.

All meanings and translations of Perfectability

perfect

ˈpɜː.fekt

adjective
Having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.
Usage examples:
Life certainly isn't perfect at the moment

verb
Make (something) completely free from faults or defects; make as good as possible.
Usage examples:
He's busy perfecting his bowling technique

noun
(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 ).

All meanings and translations of Perfect

Perfecting synonims

ameliorate

verb
Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
Usage examples:
The reform did much to ameliorate living standards

verb
To make a bad or unpleasant situation better
Usage examples:
Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought.

All meanings and translations of Ameliorate

better

adjective
More desirable, satisfactory, or effective.
Usage examples:
We're hoping for better weather tomorrow

adverb
More excellently or effectively.
Usage examples:
Jonathon could do better if he tried

noun
The better one; that which is better.
Usage examples:
The natural history museum book is by far the better of the two

All meanings and translations of Better

burnish

verb
Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing.
Usage examples:
To burnish copper, i would probably use a drill with a pad attached to the end

noun
The shine on a highly polished surface.
Usage examples:
She wiped them off and underneath the furry tendrils of dust, the burnish of the old polish still g…

All meanings and translations of Burnish

consummate

verb
Make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse.
Usage examples:
They did not consummate their marriage until months after it took place

adjective
Showing great skill and flair.
Usage examples:
She dressed with consummate elegance

adjective
Perfect; complete in every way
Usage examples:
Consummate skill, the deal was consummated with a handshake.

All meanings and translations of Consummate

fine-tune

verb
To make small changes in (something) in order to make it work as well as possible

verb
To make small changes to something in order to make it as good as possible
Usage examples:
The training program helped him fine-tune his skill set., the company's aim is to fine-tune its man…

All meanings and translations of Fine-tune

hone

verb
Sharpen (a blade).
Usage examples:
He was carefully honing the curved blade

noun
Another way of saying home in on (see home).
Usage examples:
The detectives honed in on the suspect

verb
To direct something such as an ability to make it more effective
Usage examples:
He helps performers hone their skills as dancers and singers., to hone scissors

All meanings and translations of Hone

improve

verb
Make or become better.
Usage examples:
Efforts to improve relations between the countries

verb
To make better

All meanings and translations of Improve

meliorate

verb
Another term for ameliorate.

All meanings and translations of Meliorate

refine

verb
Remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process.
Usage examples:
Sugar was refined by boiling it in huge iron vats

verb
To make a substance pure by removing unwanted material
Usage examples:
Sugar and oil are refined before use., we haven’t finished refining the plan yet.

verb
To improve something or to make it pure, especially by removing material that is not wanted
Usage examples:
Crude oil is industrially refined to purify it., engineers spent many months refining the software.

All meanings and translations of Refine

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