Meaning

6 senses
  1. A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.

    Ideal, Idealbild

    идеа́лideál

    ідеа́лideál

  2. A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.

    Ideal

    идеа́лideál

  3. A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).

    идеа́лideál

  4. A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.

  5. A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.

  6. A subsemigroup with the property that if any semigroup element outside of it is added to any one of its members, the result must lie outside of it.

More definitions
  • the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
  • model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

Examples

211 sentences
  1. The beach is an ideal place for children to play.

    Пляж — ідеальне місце для дитячих ігор. — deniko

    ruПляж — идеальное место для детской игры. — odexed

    deAm Strand können Kinder ausgezeichnet spielen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. That would be ideal.

    Це було б ідеально. — deniko

    ruЭто было бы идеально. — sharptoothed

    deDas wäre ideal. — dispy

  3. It's ideal weather for a picnic.

    Це ідеальна погода для пікніка. — deniko

    ruЭто идеальная погода для пикника. — aleph

    deDas Wetter ist ideal für ein Picknick. — MUIRIEL

  4. It isn't ideal.

    Це не ідеально. — deniko

  5. It's not ideal.

    Це не ідеально. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc.:
Русский
By meaning 1
unattainable state:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
unattainable state:
perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc.:

Origin

From French idéal, from Late Latin ideālis (“existing in idea”), by surface analysis, idea

From French idéal, from Late Latin ideālis (“existing in idea”), by surface analysis, idea + -al, from Latin idea (“idea”); see idea.

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Forms

plural: ideals
Singularideal
Pluralideals

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
type of Lie subalgebra:Lie ideal
order ideal
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
order theory:filterB1

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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