transcription, транскрипция: [ aɪdi:əl ]
( ideals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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...
N-COUNT : oft N of n
2.
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...
N-SING : oft poss N
3.
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...
= perfect
ADJ
4.
An ideal society or world is the best possible one that you can imagine.
We do not live in an ideal world...
ADJ : ADJ n