ideal

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ high, lofty, noble

▪

Sam was a real leader who had high moral ideals.

▪ unattainable

▪

This is not an unattainable ideal.

▪ romantic

▪

romantic ideals of motherhood

▪ traditional

▪ aesthetic, artistic, cultural, ethical, moral, political, social

▪ democratic, liberal, revolutionary, socialist

▪ Platonic

▪

Platonic ideals of beauty

VERB + IDEAL

▪ be committed to, believe in, cling to, embrace, espouse, have, support

▪

They still clung to the old ideals.

▪ share

▪

We obviously share the same ideals.

▪ pursue, strive for

▪ achieve, attain, be true to, conform to, live up to, uphold

▪

A journalist should always live up to the ideals of truth, decency, and justice.

▪ fall short of

▪

This agreement falls far short of the ideal.

▪ abandon, betray

▪

She was accused of betraying her political ideals.

▪ embody, reflect, represent

▪

the democratic ideals embodied in the charter

▪ promote

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, look, prove, seem, sound

▪ make sth

▪

The hotel's size makes it ideal for large conferences.

▪ consider sth

ADVERB

▪ absolutely

▪ almost, nearly (esp. AmE)

▪ hardly, less than

▪

Language learning often takes place in a less than ideal environment.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

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The houses are absolutely ideal for families with young children.

Ideal is used with these nouns: ↑accompaniment, ↑balance, ↑base, ↑candidate, ↑chance, ↑choice, ↑combination, ↑complement, ↑compromise, ↑condition, ↑destination, ↑duration, ↑environment, ↑fit, ↑foil, ↑image, ↑instrument, ↑job, ↑location, ↑mate, ↑opportunity, ↑physique, ↑place, ↑position, ↑replacement, ↑scenario, ↑setting, ↑situation, ↑solution, ↑spot, ↑starting point, ↑type, ↑vehicle, ↑venue, ↑way, ↑weather, ↑weight, ↑world