{
    "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’."
}