perfectible

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈfɛktəbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pɚˈfɛktəbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pər fek′tə bəl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
per•fect•i•ble /pɚˈfɛktəbəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. capable of becoming or of being made perfect.
See -fec-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
per•fect•i•ble  (pər fek′tə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. capable of becoming or of being made perfect;
    improvable.
  • Medieval Latin perfectibilis. See perfect, -ible
  • French
  • 1625–35
per•fect′i•bil•ist, n. 
per•fect′i•bil′i•ty, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
perfectible / pəˈfɛktəbəl/
  1. capable of becoming or being made perfect
perˌfectiˈbility
'perfectible' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
imperfectible

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