implement
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“I fill up”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
implement (plural implements)
- A tool or instrument for working with.
- They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
- A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:instrument
TranslationsEdit
a tool
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Etymology 2Edit
From Scottish English or Scots implement (“fulfill”)
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
implement (third-person singular simple present implements, present participle implementing, simple past and past participle implemented)
- to bring about; to put into practice; to carry out
- It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.
- 2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Guardiola, who last won the Champions League in 2011, started with no defensive midfielder and no recognised striker and watched his midfielder-heavy lineup struggle to implement a complicated gameplan.
Usage notesEdit
- Nouns serving as grammatical objects that commonly collocate: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
bring about
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Further readingEdit
- implement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- implement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.