Answer:
*Ideal as an ADJECTIVE:
1.conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal.
2. constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception: A poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content.
3. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas.
*Ideal as a NOUN:
1. the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain.
2. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
