implement

Everyday

1. An implement is a tool or instrument for doing a particular job, like a garden implement or a writing implement. tree →
2. (formal) To implement a plan, rule or idea means to put it into action. tree →
3. (computing) To implement means to write the code that makes something work. tree →

In the lessons

In history, Stone Age implements made of flint; in DT and farming, tools and implements; in news and formal writing, governments implement plans; phrases: farm implement, writing implement, implement a plan.

Examples

• Stone Age people made implements from flint. tree →
• A pencil is a writing implement. tree →
• The school will implement a new uniform rule. tree →
• Farm implements were pulled by horses. tree →
• The coder implemented a new feature in the game. tree →
• ‘Oh, rather!’ said Blockhead-Hans. ‘Here is a cooking implement with tin rings,’ and he drew out the old wooden shoe, and laid the crow in it. tree →

Note

Noun is said «IM-pli-ment»; verb is also «IM-pli-ment» with a different last syllable («-ment» like «ment», stronger). Formal word. Noun of the verb: implementation.

In Jewish tradition

In history, Stone Age implements made of flint; in DT and farming, tools and implements; in news and formal writing, governments implement plans; phrases: farm implement, writing implement, implement a plan.

Note

Noun is said «IM-pli-ment»; verb is also «IM-pli-ment» with a different last syllable («-ment» like «ment», stronger). Formal word. Noun of the verb: implementation.