implementing

[ im-pluh-men-ting, -muhn- ]

noun

1. the act or process of carrying out a plan, putting a law or policy into effect, fulfilling a promise, etc.:

   As a board member, I helped establish protocols and procedures for the implementing of these programs.

adjective

1. putting or charged with putting something into effect, as a law, regulation, or policy:

   Until the implementing agencies develop their guidelines, specific concerns about what the new standard will mean can't be fully answered.

Word History and Origins

Origin of implementing¹

First recorded in 1710–20; implement ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun; implement ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective

Example Sentences

For everyone else, heavy sleet accumulations require some chiseling of car windshields, and the stuff is nearly impossible to shovel without a metal implement.

From Washington Post

Up to that time, stone implements had featured thin points or sharp edges.

From Science News

While standard liners take their gripping cues from writing or painting implements, the tapered handle and rounded grip on Bryant’s wand mean it can be grasped upright in a fist.

From Popular-Science

The modern implements are flexible instead of rigid, and uses fiber optics and powerful lenses to visualize our insides—making them not just more effective as diagnostic tools, but more palatable for non-sword-swallowers.

From Popular-Science

Other stone implements, and a pigment chunk, buried with her were probably used to cut apart game, extract bone marrow or scrape hides and perform detailed hide work and hide tanning.

From Science News

They were busily implementing these in cases like Roe v. Wade when a right-wing insurgency took them by surprise.

From The Daily Beast

Not coincidentally, each party has also recently had a clear shot at implementing its vision of the good society.

From The Daily Beast

And the OSCE was given a lead role in implementing the accord.

From The Daily Beast

There are two parts to implementing new ideas: coming up with the idea or the ideation phase, and then the execution.

From The Daily Beast

Several days ago I begin implementing code changes to freeze funds and dump them to myself.

From The Daily Beast

Third, and perhaps most difficult, deriving the means for implementing the most promising aspects of Rapid Dominance must occur.

From Project Gutenberg

I have a plan of attack worked out; subject to your approval, I'm ready to start implementing it now.

From Project Gutenberg

All the high-sounding arguments for a moral world and all the laws on the books implementing those arguments are just eyewash.

From Project Gutenberg

In self-hypnosis, the individual consciously works toward implementing and strengthening his own inherent strength and resources.

From Project Gutenberg

The directorates had direct connections with all implementing bodies.

From Project Gutenberg

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