Definition of implement
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Examples of implement in a Sentence
They eat with us, do the beach with us; the girls, K.C. and Jessica, buy kitchen implements for us, come over to casually straighten up, make beds, clear the dishes from the sink and the bedrooms … —Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, 2000
In the toolhouse … there were also antique implements worn like prehistoric artifacts: an ancient oblong pink whetstone pointed at either end and soapily warped by all its use, and an old-fashioned square hoe worn into a lopsided metal oval … —John Updike, The Afterlife, 1994
There was a little implement called a lemon zester that she had bought from a door-to-door salesman. —Ann Beattie, New Yorker, 28 Dec. 1987
stone implements used in prehistoric times
a sharp-edged implement used to chop wood
Recent Examples of implement from the Web
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Implement low income solar energy policy allowing residents to sell energy back to DTE Energy.
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Winter turned to spring, and then spring turned to summer, and your body knew what to do, perhaps without your brain even explicitly thinking it: Pack up the sledding implements, clean out the yard, and go to Home Depot to buy a grill.
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Winter turned to spring, and then spring turned to summer, and your body knew what to do, perhaps without your brain even explicitly thinking it: Pack up the sledding implements, clean out the yard, and go to Home Depot to buy a grill.
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Dogs and other digging animals and yard implements such as lawn mowers pose a threat to baby bunnies during their initial development.
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But with China maintaining strict control on firearms, most of the other attacks have involved knives or other sharp implements, such as last year’s attack on an elementary school in northern China that left seven children wounded.
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The subpoena also sought inspection of all catheters, medication containers, fluid bags and other medical implements collected by the medical examiner.
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Several of these had clearly been heated in the distant past, but not because their makers were deliberately burning the implements.
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The order barred entry for people from six Muslim majority nations, including Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days while the U.S. implements stricter visa screenings.
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Origin and Etymology of implement
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin implementum action of filling up, from Latin implēre to fill up, from in- + plēre to fill — more at full
Synonym Discussion of implement
Definition of implement
transitive verb
1 : carry out, accomplish; especially : to give practical effect to and ensure of actual fulfillment by concrete measures
2 : to provide instruments or means of expression for
Examples of implement in a Sentence
A federal interagency group should develop and implement a risk management strategy to reduce human exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like chemicals in food, says a report from the Institute of Medicine … —Bette Hileman, Chemical & Engineering News, 7 July 2003
… drew scattered snickers when he implemented a dress code for Senate staffers … —Michelle Cottle, New Republic, 12 July 1999
States remain years behind in implementing child support regulations … —New York Times, 30 Dec. 1997
I wondered how I might best implement his plan.
Due to high costs, the program was never fully implemented.
Recent Examples of implement from the Web
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The county implemented the Silver Line in May in an effort to provide more mass transit options for people who work at the array of industrial facilities in Riverside and along the Perryman peninsula.
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If Mike Pence replaced Donald Trump and implemented every jot and tittle of the conservative program, then won reelection, most Republicans would be enraged, not excited.
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Moderate Republicans are decrying the bill’s austerity, even as House conservatives demand that the party implement more of its draconian, long-term vision in the here-and-now.
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After last year’s calamity, Samsung has implemented an 8-point battery safety check for all new devices, and everyone will be watching to see if the Note8 passes the test.
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However, the BRRD implemented the resolution mechanism, and only then asked banks to adjust the liabilities in their balance-sheet to take account of the new bail-in procedure.
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Simply implementing a regular story time can hit all of five of these suggestions at the same time.
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Martirano, in his time in St. Mary's County, had a reputation of improving student performance and implementing programs that closed achievement gaps.
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Cincinnati's Bicycle Transportation Plan was implemented in June 2010 and aims to install 445 miles of on- and off-street facilities like bike lanes in 15 years.
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Origin and Etymology of implement
see 1implement
IMPLEMENT Defined for English Language Learners
implement
playDefinition of implement for English Language Learners
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: an object used to do work
implement
playDefinition of implement for English Language Learners
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: to begin to do or use (something, such as a plan) : to make (something) active or effective
IMPLEMENT Defined for Kids
Definition of implement for Students
: an object (as a tool) intended for a certain use farm implements
Definition of implement for Students
implemented
;implementing
: to begin to do or use something They're implementing the plan.
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