ideal solution

collocation in English

meaningsofidealandsolution

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ideal
adjective
uk
/aɪˈdɪəl/us
/aɪˈdiː.əl/
perfect, or the ...
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solution
noun
uk
/səˈluː.ʃən/us
/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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(Definition ofidealandsolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofideal solution

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So anidealsolutionwould be one where every hyperedge has the same number of points of each colour.
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This was not anidealsolutionas the question descriptions are only brief summaries rather than complete questions.
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However, omitting missing values may not be theidealsolutionas these unknown values may provide a good deal of information.
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With such a lifting capacity, it is theidealsolutionfor 'complete layer' lifting of cases of bottles and cases of food stuffs.
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Such considerations were generally experienced as competing pressures, so that for most participants there was noidealsolutionand, whatever decision was reached, it was necessarily a compromise.
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It was hardly anidealsolution.
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However, while not theidealsolution(what could be?), these readers make an important contribution to the field of training, criticism and original thinking in music education.
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Anidealsolutionto provide high density at a lower temperature is to consider a high-density cylindrical plug between the incoming ions and the hydrogen sample.
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To replace the worst offenders may not always be theidealsolution, for they really may have something important to say, yet lack the ability to express themselves appropriately.
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The impact of this failure to achieve theidealsolutionwas shown to be primarily dependent on heritability and largely independent of the constraint on inbreeding.
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Both do, however, share a focus on teamworking and developing multidisciplinary research teams might be seen as anidealsolutionto develop research capacity in primary care.
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She recommended gardening as theidealsolution.
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We have also started some bilateral projects, but there is noidealsolution.
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Theidealsolutionwould be to use physical means.
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In the current situation this should be regarded as anidealsolution, which defuses potential conflicting policies.
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That is by no means anidealsolution, but it is one way to proceed.
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We believe that theidealsolutionwould be to give much more power and work of allocation to industry.
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Theidealsolutionwould be to produce a breed of hens which would automatically mark the date of the laying of eggs.
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One matter that emerges clearly from the debate is that there is noidealsolution.
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