Implement

  • 21implement — 1 verb (T) implement a plan/policy/proposal etc to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happen: We have decided to implement the committee s suggestions in full. 2 noun (C) a tool or instrument, especially a fairly… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22implement — / ɪmplɪˌment/ verb to put into action ● to implement an agreement ● to implement a decision …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 23implement — [15] The idea underlying implement is of ‘filling up’. It comes ultimately from Latin implēre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix in and plēre ‘fill’ (as in English complete). This originally meant ‘fill up’, and hence ‘fulfil’, but …

    Word origins

  • 24implement — 1. noun /ˈɪmpləmənt/ A tool or instrument for working with. They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck. 2. verb /ˈɪmpləmənt/ a) to bring about; to put into practice …

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  • 25implement — [ˈɪmplɪˌment] verb [T] I to make something such as an idea, plan, system, or law start to work and be used Syn: carry sth out implementation [ˌɪmplɪmənˈteɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] II noun [C] implement [ˈɪmplɪmənt] a tool, or a simple piece of equipment …

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  • 26implement — im•ple•ment n. [[t]ˈɪm plə mənt[/t]] v. [[t]also ˌmɛnt[/t]] n. 1) an instrument, tool, or utensil for accomplishing work: agricultural implements[/ex] 2) an article of equipment, as household furniture, clothing, or the like 3) a means; agent:… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27Implement — Im|ple|mẹnt 〈n. 11; veraltet〉 1. Ergänzung 2. Vollziehung, Erfüllung (eines Vertrages o. Ä.) [zu lat. implere „erfüllen, ergänzen“] * * * Im|ple|mẹnt, das; [e]s, e [spätlat. implementum, eigtl. = das Angefülltsein, zu lat. implere = anfüllen;… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 28implement — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, Federal, abide by, accomplish, achieve, actualize, adhere to, administer, agent, amanuensis, ancilla, apparatus, appliance, baggage agent, bring about, bring off, bring to effect, bring to pass,… …

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  • 29implement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tool, utensil, instrument. v. equip; affect, fulfill; enact, execute. See completion, instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tool, utensil, device, instrument; see device 1 , tool 1 . See Synonym… …

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  • 30Implement — Im|ple|ment* das; [e]s, e <aus spätlat. implementum, eigtl. »das Angefülltsein, das Eingenommensein«> (veraltet) Ergänzung, Erfüllung [eines Vertrages] …

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