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Meaning of ideal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ideal
      adj 1: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or
             excellence; embodying an ideal
      2: constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or
         mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical
         of its period in idea or ideal content"
      3: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality
         of ideas [syn: {ideal}, {idealistic}]
      n 1: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one
           hopes to attain
      2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
         equal [syn: {ideal}, {paragon}, {nonpareil}, {saint},
         {apotheosis}, {nonesuch}, {nonsuch}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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