implement

im·ple·ment

Use implement in a sentence

A plow is a farm implement.

noun

The definition of implement is a tool that is used to perform a job.
A plow is an example of a farm implement.

verb

To implement is defined as to put something into effect.
An example of implement is a manager enforcing a new set of procedures.

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implement

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 of implement

Middle English from Late Latin implementum, a filling up from Classical Latin implere, to fill up from in-, in + plere, to fill: see full

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

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implement

noun

A tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment used in doing work: a gardening implement.
An article used to outfit or equip someone: ecclesiastical implements.
A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.

transitive verb

im·ple·ment·ed, im·ple·ment·ing, im·ple·ments

To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
To supply with implements.

Origin of implement

Middle English supplementary payment from Old French emplement act of filling from Late Latin implēmentum from Latin implēre to fill up in- intensive pref. ; see in- ². plēre to fill ; see pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

im′ple·men·ta′tion
noun

im′ple·ment′er im′ple·men′tor
noun

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Noun

(plural implements)

A tool or instrument for working with.
They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.

Origin

From Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“I fill up”).

Verb

(third-person singular simple present implements, present participle implementing, simple past and past participle implemented)

to bring about; to put into practice
It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.
to carry out; to do

Usage notes

Objects: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.

Origin

From Scottish English or Scots implement (“fulfill”)

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