implement

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɪmpləmənt/
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/ˈɪmpləmənt/ · /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/

Definition of implement

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

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.”
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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.

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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“to fill up”).

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