implement

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To put a plan, decision, or system into action.

   The company will implement the new policy next month.

2. 2
   noun

   A tool or instrument used for a particular job.

   The shed was full of garden implements like spades and rakes.

3. 3
   verb

   To make sure that rules or laws are followed.

   The school began to implement stricter rules on phone use.

Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“to fill up”).

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