noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ absolute , pure , sheer , ultimate , utter
▪ near
▪ moral , physical , spiritual , technical
▪ divine , human
… OF PERFECTION
▪ degree
VERB + PERFECTION
▪ achieve , attain , bring sth to , find , reach
▪ approach
▪
a dance troupe whose work approaches ~
▪ demand , expect , pursue ( esp. BrE ), require , seek , strive for
▪
She strives for ~ in everything.
▪ fall short of
PREPOSITION
▪ close to ~
▪
The cooking was close to ~.
▪ to ~ (= perfectly)
▪
The dress fitted to ~.
▪ towards/toward ~
▪
a sequence of developmental stages towards/toward the ~ of his violin technique
PHRASES
▪ a point of ~
▪
He brought the art of photography to the highest point of ~.
▪ a model of ~
▪
The building became the model of ~ that architects sought to emulate.
▪ the pursuit of ~
▪
She sometimes stayed up painting all night in her pursuit of ~.
▪ a quest for ~ , a search for ~