implement

Etymology

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

verb

1. To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
   It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.
   A considerable amount of beet comes from the Clonakilty and Courtmacsherry growing areas to Mallow and if the closure proposals mentioned are implemented this traffic will in future years be thrown on roads ill-suited to such heavy haulage. 1960 December, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715
   Guardiola, who last won the Champions League in 2011, started with no defensive midfielder and no recognised striker and watched his midfielder-heavy lineup struggle to implement a complicated gameplan. May 29 2021, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian
2. (programming) To realize a technical specification or algorithm.
3. (object-oriented programming, of a concrete class) To include implementations of methods of an interface, abstract class, or protocol.

noun

1. A tool or instrument for working with.
   They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
   A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around. 1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 234