implement
Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum, from Latin impleō.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ĭmʹplə-mənt, IPA: /ˈɪmpləmənt/
  • enPR: ĭmʹplə-mĕnt, IPA: /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/
Verb

implement (implements, present participle implementing; simple past and past participle implemented)

  1. To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
    It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.
  2. (programming) To realize a technical specification or algorithm.
  3. (object-oriented programming, of a concrete class) To include implementations of methods of an interface, abstract class, or protocol.
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implement (plural implements)

  1. A tool or instrument for working with.
    They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
    • 1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 234:
      A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
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