ideal
/aɪˈdi(ə)l/ adjective A1- Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
- Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
- Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism. · the ideal theory or philosophy
- Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included. · ideal point· An ideal triangle in the hyperbolic disk is one bounded by three geodesics that meet precisely on the circle.
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Tell her that, if she had mingled a little trust with her conception of the ideal, much heartache might have been avoided.
“Gentlemen,” he said, “you will admit that, when arrived at a certain degree of fortune, the superfluities of life are all that can be desired; and the ladies will allow that, after having risen to a certain eminence of position, the ideal alone can be more exalted.
A confederate who foresees your conclusions and course of action is always dangerous, but one to whom each development comes as a perpetual surprise, and to whom the future is always a closed book, is, indeed, an ideal helpmate.
I left the conservatory, and, at the same time, the rose and my ideal.
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