Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with ideal in American Collocation
ideal
noun
countable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
based on high moral standards
The Mother’s Union has high ideals, supporting family life and those who are married.
based on a perfect situation that does not really exist
Why is an educated adult still holding on to a romantic ideal that only exists in fiction?
impossible
This progressive aim proved for the most part an unattainable ideal.
moral or religious
She wouldn’t do anything that conflicted with her moral ideas.
political
The society promotes democratic ideas of tolerance and equality.
believe in an ideal
He espoused the ideals of peace and tolerance.
achieve an ideal
Of course we do not live in an ideal world and it may never be possible to fully achieve these ideals.
represent an ideal
Individual soldiers, most notably Henry Havelock, came to embody the evangelical ideal of a Christian soldier.
try to make people accept an ideal
The temperance movement promoted anti-alcohol ideals.
stop believing in an ideal
By this time the party had abandoned its egalitarian ideals.