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{
"term": "ideal",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "perfect; most suitable",
"sensetop": "ideal for somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an ideal location/place"
},
{
"text": "This beach is ideal for children.",
"contextForm": "ideal for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She's the ideal candidate for the job."
},
{
"text": "The trip to Paris will be an **ideal opportunity** to practise my French."
},
{
"text": "The prime minister admitted the current situation was ‘not ideal’ *(= was bad)*."
},
{
"text": "It was not the ideal solution to the problem."
},
{
"text": "Harvesting is being done in less than ideal conditions."
},
{
"text": "The hotel's size makes it ideal for large conferences."
},
{
"text": "The houses are absolutely ideal for families with young children."
},
{
"text": "As a solution to the problem it was far from ideal."
},
{
"text": "His apartment would be an ideal place to stay."
},
{
"text": "This job would be absolutely ideal for someone with an interest in local history."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "prove"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "almost", "nearly"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "existing only in your imagination or as an idea; not likely to be real",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the search for ideal love"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that something is what you would like to happen or what should happen, but you know it cannot",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In an ideal world we would be recycling and reusing everything."
},
{
"text": "In a perfect world no one would need to pay for healthcare."
},
{
"text": "In an ideal world, I'd like to work just three days a week."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/aɪˈdiːəl/",
"audio": "id/ideal/ideal__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/aɪˈdiːəl/",
"audio": "id/ideal/ideal__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a term in Platonic philosophy, in the sense ‘existing as an archetype’): from late Latin idealis, via Latin from Greek idea ‘form, pattern’, from the base of idein ‘to see’."
}