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implement

[im-pluh-muhnt, im-pluh-ment, -muhnt] / ˈɪm plə mənt, ˈɪm pləˌmɛnt, -mənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say implement? An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils.

Example Sentences

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"It's up to policymakers to implement measures that we know are effective in combating obesity. This study provides further evidence that such measures are likely to have a positive impact on people's health."

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Such policies are difficult to implement because few know what future jobs will entail and what protections will be needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They present their candidacies as opportunities to implement working-class-focused policies that would reduce government control and return power to ordinary residents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Dodds told BBC Wales her party would implement a universal package of 30 hours free childcare, covering 48 weeks of the year, for all children from nine months to four-years-old.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

We had yet to learn these things and implement survival tactics, which was what it came down to.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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