implement
verbnounattested in dialogue
- //ˈɪmpləmənt//
- //ˈɪmpləmɛnt//
To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
verb
- 1
To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
Near-synonyms: realize, actualize, materialize; embody; accomplish
It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.
A considerable amount of beet comes from the Clonakilty and Courtmacsherry growing areas to Mallow and if the closure proposals mentioned are implemented this traffic will in future years be thrown on roads ill-suited to such heavy haulage.
Guardiola, who last won the Champions League in 2011, started with no defensive midfielder and no recognised striker and watched his midfielder-heavy lineup struggle to implement a complicated gameplan.
- 2
To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out. To realize a technical specification, e.g. of an algorithm, interface, or protocol.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“to fill up”).
noun
- 1
A tool or instrument for working with.
farming implements
agricultural implements
They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
Forms
- plural
- implements
- past tense
- implemented
- past participle
- implemented
- present participle
- implementing
- third person singular
- implements
implement · To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
implied · Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted…implore · To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to…imply · To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as…