implement

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin implēmentum (“a filling up”), from Latin impleō (“I fill up”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭmʹplə-mənt, IPA(key): /ˈɪmpləmənt/ enPR: ĭmʹplə-mĕnt, IPA(key): /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/ Hyphenation: im‧ple‧ment === Verb === implement (third-person singular simple present implements, present participle implementing, simple past and past participle implemented) To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out. Synonym: execute Antonym: disrealize Near-synonyms: realize, actualize, materialize; embody; accomplish (programming) To realize a technical specification, e.g. of an algorithm, interface, or protocol. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === implement (plural implements) A tool or instrument for working with. farming implements;   agricultural implements ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:instrument ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “implement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “implement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.