Dictionary entries for 'implementation'

Synonyms

application
employment
exercise
exertion
operation
play
usage
use
utilization

im·ple·ment (ĭḿplə-mənt)

[Middle English, supplementary payment, from Old French emplement, act of filling, from Late Latin implēmentum, from Latin implēre, to fill up, in-, intensive pref.; see in–², + plēre, to fill.]

noun

A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See synonyms at tool
An article used to outfit or equip.
A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.

transitive verb: -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments.

To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
To supply with implements.

derivatives

iḿple·men·tátion: noun
iḿple·ment́er: noun

noun

transitive verb: -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments.

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition