verb

implement

IHMP-luh-muhnt

verb

To put a plan, decision, or system into actual practice.

"The company plans to implement the new policy next month."

"Developers implemented the feature after weeks of testing."

noun

A tool or instrument used for a particular task.

"Farmers once ploughed fields using simple hand implements."

How to Use Implement

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo actually carry out a plan or idea, or (as a noun) a tool for doing a job.

Common pairings

implement a policy implement changes farm implement

implemented past tense, implements plural, implements singular

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The company plans to _____ the new policy next month.

From Late Latin implementum ("a filling up"), from Latin impleo ("to fill").

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