implement

English Online Dictionary. What means implement‎? What does implement mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭmʹplə-mənt, IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpləmənt/
• enPR: ĭmʹplə-mĕnt, IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/

Verb

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

2. To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.

   Synonym: execute

   Antonym: disrealize

   Near-synonyms: realize, actualize, materialize; embody; accomplish

   2. (programming) To realize a technical specification, e.g. of an algorithm, interface, or protocol.

Derived terms

• implementable
• implementation
• implementer

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Noun

implement (plural implements)

1. A tool or instrument for working with.

   farming implements;   agricultural implements

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:instrument

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Further reading

• “implement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “implement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.