| word | ideal |
|---|---|
| definition | noun An ideal is a principle, idea, or standard that seems very good and worth trying to achieve . The party has drifted too far from its socialist ideals. I tried to live up to my ideal of myself. Your ideal of something is the person or thing that seems to you to be the best possible example of it. ...the Japanese ideal of beauty. Throughout his career she remained his feminine ideal. adjective The ideal person or thing for a particular task or purpose is the best possible person or thing for it. She decided that I was the ideal person to take over the job. I really love the area and see it as an ideal place to start my managerial career. The conditions were ideal for racing. An ideal society or world is the best possible one that you can imagine . We do not live in an ideal world. In an ideal world, there would be no such thing as rubbish. Their ideal society collapsed around them into the Terror and then into the Counterrevolution. |
| inflections | ideals |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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