Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completely accurate in memorization and reproduction: Describes someone who has memorized something, especially a text or lines for a performance, so thoroughly that they can reproduce it without any errors in the words.
   • Correct in every detail: Can describe a performance or rendition that is flawlessly accurate to the original script or text.

Usage

• The adjective "word-perfect" is typically used to describe a person's mastery of a text or a performance's fidelity to a script.
• It is often used with verbs like , , or .
• Common collocations include: , , .

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The actor was word-perfect for the entire three-hour play.
  • After weeks of rehearsal, she finally got her lines word-perfect.
  • He delivered a word-perfect recitation of the ancient poem.

Advanced Usage

• "to be word-perfect in something": To have memorized a specific text, role, or part perfectly.
  • The student was word-perfect in her presentation.
• "to get something word-perfect": To achieve a state of perfect memorization.
  • It took him days to get the speech word-perfect.

Variants and Related Words

• Letter-perfect (adj): A synonym, often used interchangeably with "word-perfect," especially in American English, meaning precisely accurate.
  • She gave a letter-perfect account of the events.

Synonyms

• Flawless: Without any imperfections or mistakes.
• Letter-perfect: Precisely accurate, correct to the last letter.
• Verbatim: In exactly the same words as were used originally.

Antonyms

• Imperfect: Not perfect; faulty or incomplete.
• Inaccurate: Not accurate; incorrect or erroneous.

Adjective

1. correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words
   • a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy
   • she was word-perfect in her part