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Webster 1913 Edition

Ideal

I-de′al

,
Adj.
[L.
idealis
: cf. F.
idéal
.]
1.
Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental;
as,
ideal
knowledge
.
2.
Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless;
as,
ideal
beauty
.
Byron.
There will always be a wide interval between practical and
ideal
excellence.
Rambler.
3.
Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
“Planning ideal common wealth.”
Southey.
4.
Teaching the doctrine of idealism;
as, the
ideal
theory or philosophy
.
Syn. – Intellectual; mental; visionary; fanciful; imaginary; unreal; impracticable; utopian.

I-de′al

,
Noun.
A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
The
ideal
is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is the
ideal
of the beauty and proportion of the human frame.
Fleming.
Beau ideal
.
See
Beau ideal
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ideal

IDE'AL

,
Adj.
Existing in idea; intellectual; mental; as ideal knowledge.
There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence.
1.
Visionary; existing in fancy or imagination only; as ideal good.
2.
That considers ideas as images, phantasms, or forms in the mind; as the ideal theory or philosophy.

Definition 2024

ideál

ideál

See also: ideal, Ideal, ideał, and idéal

Czech

Noun

ideál m

  1. ideal (perfect standard)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈidɛaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ide‧ál

Noun

ideál ‎(plural ideálok)

  1. ideal (a perfect standard of beauty, intellect, or a standard of excellence to aim at)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ideál ideálok
accusative ideált ideálokat
dative ideálnak ideáloknak
instrumental ideállal ideálokkal
causal-final ideálért ideálokért
translative ideállá ideálokká
terminative ideálig ideálokig
essive-formal ideálként ideálokként
essive-modal — —
inessive ideálban ideálokban
superessive ideálon ideálokon
adessive ideálnál ideáloknál
illative ideálba ideálokba
sublative ideálra ideálokra
allative ideálhoz ideálokhoz
elative ideálból ideálokból
delative ideálról ideálokról
ablative ideáltól ideáloktól
Possessive forms of ideál
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ideálom ideáljaim
2nd person sing. ideálod ideáljaid
3rd person sing. ideálja ideáljai
1st person plural ideálunk ideáljaink
2nd person plural ideálotok ideáljaitok
3rd person plural ideáljuk ideáljaik

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