ideal

«ideal» in Mova's school dictionary: Perfect, or the best possible for something: an ideal day… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective; noun (an ideal, ideals)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Perfect, or the best possible for something: an ideal day for a picnic. tree →

2) (adjective) Existing only in the mind, not real: In an ideal world, nobody would be hungry. tree →

3) (noun) A belief or aim of how things should be: the ideals of fairness and freedom. tree →

4) (noun) A person or thing that is perfect: She is my ideal of a good teacher. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you pick the ideal spot or present; in science «ideal conditions» are the best ones for a plant or experiment; in social studies people fight for their ideals. Phrases: «ideal for», «in an ideal world», «the ideal place», «high ideals».

examples

• It's an ideal day for flying kites. tree →
• This box is ideal for storing toys. tree →
• In an ideal world, everyone would have clean water. tree →
• Fairness is one of our school's ideals. tree →
• Plants grow fast in ideal conditions. tree →
• What would your ideal holiday be? tree →
• The theatre was his ideal world. tree →

note

«An ideal» (vowel sound). Adverb: ideally. Not the same as «idea» (a thought). Say «eye-DEE-ul».

In the corpora

• "Not ideal" (mostly UK) means bad.
• This is not ideal».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ideal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.