| not |
| 1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
| Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
| Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
| 2. adv. To no degree. | |
| That is not red; it's orange. | |
| 3. conj. And not. | |
| I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
| He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
| 4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
| I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
| Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
| 5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
| You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
| 6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
| perfect |
| 1. adj. Fitting its definition precisely. | |
| a perfect circle | |
| 2. adj. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose. | |
| That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants. | |
| 3. adj. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented. | |
| Practice makes perfect. | |
| 4. adj. Excellent and delightful in all respects. | |
| a perfect day | |
| 5. adj. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action. | |
| 6. adj. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated. | |
| 7. adj. (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts. | |
| 8. adj. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'. | |
| 9. adj. (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones. | |
| 10. adj. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth. | |
| a perfect Manhattan; a perfect Rob Roy | |
| 11. adj. (obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure. | |
| 12. n. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. | |
| 13. n. (video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes. | |
| 14. v. To make perfect; to improve or hone. | |
| I am going to perfect this article. | |
| You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing. | |
| 15. v. (legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right. | |
| perfect an appeal; perfect an interest; perfect a judgment | |
