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im·ple·ment (im′plə mənt; for v., -ment′)
noun
- any article or device used or needed in a given activity; tool, instrument, utensil, etc.
- any thing or person used as a means to some end
Etymology: ME < LL implementum, a filling up < L implere, to fill up < in-, in + plere, to fill: see full
transitive verb
- to carry into effect; fulfill; accomplish
- to provide the means for the carrying out of; give practical effect to
- to provide with implements
Related Forms:
- implemental im′·ple·men′·tal adjective
- implementation im′·ple·men·ta′·tion (-mən tā′s̸hən) noun
- implementer im′·ple·ment′·er noun or implementor im′·ple·men′·tor
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Object
- recommendation: ICSTIS will consult on how best to implement the recommendations through its Code of Practice in the New Year.
Adjective modifier
- agricultural: It was later used as a corn exchange and for the display of agricultural implements.
Adjective complement
- cloneable: It will get invoked only through a derived class, which, if it is to work successfully, implements Cloneable.
Modifying Another Word
- successfully: Capita successfully implemented the central London congestion charging scheme on 17 February 2003.
Used with why or when
- which: He returned to Jack, taking another implement which he inserted at the lower end of the incision.
Preposition: in
- accordance: Security levels within the automated software tool were implemented in accordance with the hierarchy defined in the process above.
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