implement

The definition of implement is a tool that is used to perform a job.

(noun)

A plow is an example of a farm implement.

To implement is defined as to put something into effect.

(verb)

An example of implement is a manager enforcing a new set of procedures.

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See implement in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. any article or device used or needed in a given activity; tool, instrument, utensil, etc.
  2. any thing or person used as a means to some end

Origin: ME < LL implementum, a filling up < L implere, to fill up < in-, in + plere, to fill: see full

transitive verb

  1. to carry into effect; fulfill; accomplish
  2. to provide the means for the carrying out of; give practical effect to
  3. to provide with implements

Related Forms:

See implement in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See Synonyms at tool.
  2. An article used to outfit or equip.
  3. A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.
transitive verb (-mĕntˌ) im·ple·ment·ed, im·ple·ment·ing, im·ple·ments
  1. To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
  2. To supply with implements.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, supplementary payment

Origin: , from Old French emplement, act of filling

Origin: , from Late Latin implēmentum

Origin: , from Latin implēre, to fill up

Origin: : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2

Origin: + plēre, to fill; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • imˌple·men·taˈtion (-mən-tāˈshən, -mĕn-) noun
  • imˈple·mentˌer, imˈple·menˌtor noun

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