how to pronounce ideal

/aɪˈdiːl/

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ideal is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of ideal in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… often held up as the ideal and only form …”

meaning of ideal

An ideal is a concept or standard of perfection or excellence.

ideal frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word ideal occurs in english on average 31.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ideal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ideal can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;