perfection
part of speech
noun (perfection, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) The state of being perfect, with no faults at all. tree →
2) Something or someone that is perfect, an ideal example: "The cake was perfection." tree →
3) The act of making something perfect: "the perfection of a skill". tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah's "paths" of wisdom, each path brings something to its full completion or perfection. In the Psalms and Lamentations Zion is called "the perfection of beauty", which the tradition reads as the city of the Temple, from which God shines forth. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and wellbeing lessons, chasing perfection can make people stressed; it's fine to make mistakes and learn. In cooking and sport, "cooked to perfection" or "played to perfection" means done very well. In church, Christians believe God is perfect, and some speak of God's perfection.
examples
- The Twenty-eighth Path is the Natural Intelligence, and is so called because through it is consummated and perfected the nature of every existent being under the orb of the Sun, in perfection. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- The Twenty-seventh Path is the Exciting Intelli- gence, and it is so called because through it is consum- mated and perfected the nature of every existent being under the orb of the Sun, in perfection. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The Thirtieth Path is the Collecting Intelligence, and is so-called because Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their resolutions. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. (Writings PSA.50.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: 'Is this the city that men called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?' (Writings LAM.2.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- The chips were cooked to perfection. tree →
- Nobody can reach perfection, so do your best. tree →
- The gymnast's routine was close to perfection. tree →
- Practice helps, but perfection is not the goal. tree →
- "This lemonade is perfection!" said Mum. tree →
- He spent years on the perfection of his magic trick. tree →
- Rudy and Babette felt that they had never seen the Alpine glow in such perfection before. tree →
note
Uncountable. Adjective: perfect; verb: to perfect (pronounced "per-FEKT"). Person who wants everything perfect: a perfectionist. In maths, a "perfect number" (like 6 = 1 + 2 + 3) is a special number equal to the sum of its smaller factors.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «perfection» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.