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Definition for: ideal

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See also idéal

English

Adjective

ideal ( comparative more ideal , superlative most ideal )

Positive
ideal

Comparative
more ideal

Superlative
most ideal

  1. being optimal or relating to the best option for something.
  2. being perfect, having no flaws or defects.
  3. being something that exists only in the mind; CONCEPTUAL, IDEATIONAL,
    Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds
    — Mary W. Shelley

Translations

  • Chinese: 理想 (lǐxiǎng), 理想的 (lǐxiǎng de)
  • Dutch: ideaal, perfect
  • Esperanto: ideala, perfekta
  • French: idéal, parfait
  • German: ideal (1,2), ideell (3)
  • Indonesian: ideal
  • Interlingua: ideal
  • Italian: ideale
  • Japanese: りそう (risō), りそうてき (risō-teki)
  • Korean: 이상적인 (isangjeogin)
  • Polish: idealny m . , idealna f . , idealne n .
  • Russian: идеальный (ideál’nyj)
  • Spanish: ideal
  • Ukrainian: iдеальний (ideál’nyj)

Noun

Singular
ideal

Plural
ideals

ideal ( plural ideals )

  1. a perfect standard of beauty, intellect, etc., or a standard of excellence.
  2. ( number theory ) Special subsets of a ring, used to restore unique factorization.
  3. ( mathematics ) In order theory, a special subset of a partially ordered set.

Translations

a perfect standard of beauty, intellect, etc.

  • Chinese: 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
  • Dutch: ideaal n . , perfectie f .
  • Esperanto: ideala, perfekta
  • French: idéal m .
  • German: Ideal n . (1)
  • Indonesian: ideal
  • Interlingua: ideal
  • Italian: ideale m .
  • Japanese: りそう (risō)
  • Korean: 이상 (isang)
  • Polish: ideał m .
  • Russian: идеал (ideál) m .
  • Spanish: ideal
  • Ukrainian: iдеал (ideál) m .

Related terms


Spanish

Etymology

Latin ideālis

Adjective

ideal

  1. ideal

Noun

ideal m .

  1. ideal

Other Translations for "ideal"

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Morse Codeideal
Hex69 e4 65 e1 6c
Pig Latinidealway

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