1 ~ (for sth) perfect; most suitable:
This beach is ideal for children. * She's the ideal candidate for the job. * The trip to Paris will be an ideal opportunity to practise my French. * It was not the ideal solution to the problem.
2 [onlybeforenoun] existing only in your imagination or as an idea; not likely to be real:
the search for ideal love * In an ideal world there would be no poverty and disease.
ideally adverb:
She's ideally suited for this job. * Ideally, I'd like to live in New York, but that's not possible.
Part of speech: noun
1 [C] an idea or standard that seems perfect, and worth trying to achieve or obtain:
political ideals * She found it hard to live up to his high ideals.
2 [C,usually sing.] ~ (of sth) a person or thing that you think is perfect:
It's my ideal of what a family home should be.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ideal is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is ideal a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ideal is tagged as adjective.
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