Ideal Aɪˈdiːəl Children Adjective Location/Place Beach She's Candidate

• an ideal location/place
• 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.

ideal

1. perfect; most suitable
• an ideal location/place
• 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.
• The prime minister admitted the current situation was ‘not ideal’ (= was bad).
• It was not the ideal solution to the problem.
• Harvesting is being done in less than ideal conditions.

Extra Examples

• The hotel's size makes it ideal for large conferences.
• The houses are absolutely ideal for families with young children.
• As a solution to the problem it was far from ideal.
• His apartment would be an ideal place to stay.
• This job would be absolutely ideal for someone with an interest in local history.
2. existing only in your imagination or as an idea; not likely to be real
• the search for ideal love
3. used to say that something is what you would like to happen or what should happen, but you know it cannot
• In an ideal world we would be recycling and reusing everything.

Extra Examples

• In a perfect world no one would need to pay for healthcare.
• In an ideal world, I'd like to work just three days a week.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a term in Platonic philosophy, in the sense ‘existing as an archetype’): from late Latin idealis, via Latin from Greek idea ‘form, pattern’, from the base of idein ‘to see’.