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.
See implement in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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
Origin: 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 adjective
- implementation noun
- implementer noun or implementor
See implement in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See Synonyms at tool.
- An article used to outfit or equip.
- A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.
- To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
- 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
.Related Forms:
- imˌple·men·taˈtion (-mən-tāˈshən, -mĕn-) noun
- imˈple·mentˌer, imˈple·menˌtor noun
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