ideal
/aɪdˈil/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
adjective
- conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
- constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
“a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content” - of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
noun
- the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
- model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
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