Definitions for ideal

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ideal i·de·al

Spelling: [ahy-dee-uh l, ahy-deel]

IPA: /aɪˈdi əl, aɪˈdil/

Ideal is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in ideal (adeil).

Definitions for ideal

noun

1. a conception of something in its perfection.
2. a standard of perfection or excellence.
3. a person or thing conceived as embodying such a conception or conforming to such a standard, and taken as a model for imitation:
4. an ultimate object or aim of endeavor, especially one of high or noble character:
5. something that exists only in the imagination:
6. Mathematics. a subring of a ring, any element of which when multiplied by any element of the ring results in an element of the subring.

adjective

1. conceived as constituting a standard of perfection or excellence:
2. regarded as perfect of its kind:
3. existing only in the imagination; not real or actual:
4. advantageous; excellent; best:
5. based upon an ideal or ideals:
6. Philosophy. pertaining to a possible state of affairs considered as highly desirable. pertaining to or of the nature of idealism.

Origin of ideal

From the Late Latin word ideālis, dating back to 1605-15. See idea, -al¹

Examples for ideal

White and Crandall agree that low-intensity workouts are ideal.

He knew something of horses, and this bay fitted into his dreams of an ideal perfectly.

I reached out with heartfelt pleas, and spoke to people that I felt were ideal—and I was right in most cases.

And this ideal of equality and individuality was fixed in the American mind.

The problem comes at this point because the liquid loses its potency within an hour even in ideal conditions.

It is a thought, an ideal, which has led to an entirely new line of action.

The ideal, or even my own ideal, I shall probably not attain.

If I said “refugees,” that stood for the ideal of everything I did when I ran for president.

The land at Easter Elchies was the ideal place for Reid to set up his business.

He was not by any means an ideal monk, but he was equally far from being a scandal.