implement
verb/ˈɪmplɪment/
/ˈɪmplɪment/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they implement | /ˈɪmplɪment/ /ˈɪmplɪment/ |
| he / she / it implements | /ˈɪmplɪments/ /ˈɪmplɪments/ |
| past simple implemented | /ˈɪmplɪmentɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪmentɪd/ |
| past participle implemented | /ˈɪmplɪmentɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪmentɪd/ |
| -ing form implementing | /ˈɪmplɪmentɪŋ/ /ˈɪmplɪmentɪŋ/ |
- implement something to make something that has been officially decided start to happen or be used synonym carry out
- to implement changes/decisions/policies/reforms
- A new work programme for young people will be implemented.
Extra Examples- It's a simple, easily implemented system.
- The decision was hard to implement.
- The decision will be difficult to implement.
- The government failed to implement the plan.
- The proposed changes were never actually implemented.
- These reforms have now been widely implemented in schools.
- We are implementing a new system of stock control.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- fully
- properly
- …
- agree to
- decide to
- intend to
- …
- easily implemented
- poorly implemented
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘article of furniture, equipment, or dress’): partly from medieval Latin implementa (plural), partly from late Latin implementum ‘filling up, fulfilment’, both from Latin implere ‘fill up’ (later ‘employ’), from in- ‘in’ + Latin plere ‘fill’. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.Want to learn more?
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