idealised

«idealised» in Mova's school dictionary: To make someone or something seem more perfect or lovely… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (idealise, idealises, idealised, idealising; American spelling idealize)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone or something seem more perfect or lovely than it really is, showing only the good side. tree →

2) In art, to paint or draw a person or thing as more beautiful than in life. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons, an artist or writer shows a perfect picture instead of a true one: «an idealised village»

examples

• The painter idealised the queen, so she looked flawless. tree →
• The story idealised village life and left out the hard work. tree →
• Do not idealise your friends; everyone has faults. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

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