(uncountable) The quality or state of being ideal. / (uncountable) The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection. / The conceptive faculty.

plural of ideal

The act or process of idealizing. / The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

In an ideal way; perfectly. / Given ideal circumstances; preferably.

(US) Regarded as ideal. / (US) Considered as an ideal form of something.

simple past tense and past participle of idealize

(transitive) To regard something as ideal. / (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal. / (transitive, art) To portray using idealization.

The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.

The state or quality of being ideal; the ideality.

(algebra) A subring which is closed under right-multiplication by any element of the ring.