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Core action
Put a decision, plan, policy, or system into practical effect.
Example
The city implemented the recycling policy in stages.
implement
/ˈɪmplɪment/ · IM-plih-mentverb
Put a decision, plan, policy, or system into practical effect.
Use implement to express this relationship precisely: put a decision, plan, policy, or system into practical effect.
What implement Really Means
The word becomes easier to use when its closely related senses are separated and compared.
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Common construction
Use this expression in its normal grammatical frame so the relationship between the surrounding ideas remains explicit.
Example
Researchers implemented a stricter sampling procedure.
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Reasoning effect
It tells the reader how to interpret the timing, scope, evidence, contrast, condition, or consequence in the statement.
Example
A sound proposal can still fail if it is poorly implemented.
Use implement Naturally
Notice how the surrounding noun or clause reveals the exact shade of meaning.
The city implemented the recycling policy in stages.
Researchers implemented a stricter sampling procedure.
A sound proposal can still fail if it is poorly implemented.
Precision Matters
Implement overlaps with several common words, but each carries a different emphasis.
implement
vs.Means put a decision, plan, policy, or system into practical effect.
improvise
Means create, perform, or manage spontaneously without full preparation or the usual materials.
implement
vs.Means put a decision, plan, policy, or system into practical effect.
prescribe
Means set down, order, or require a rule, procedure, treatment, or course of action.
implement
vs.Means put a decision, plan, policy, or system into practical effect.
abandon
Means give up, discontinue, or leave something completely, especially a plan, effort, place, or possession.
implement
vs.Means put a decision, plan, policy, or system into practical effect.
contrive
Means to devise something through ingenuity, often with an artificial or deceptive quality.
Test implement in Context
The agency must put the approved recommendations into practical effect.
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After approving the recommendations, the agency must decide how to ___ them.