implementation
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Etymology
Origin of implementation
Explanation
Implementation refers to the carrying out a plan, like your school's implementation of the new dress code that will start in August — for now, you can keep wearing your jeans. Implementation is the noun form of the verb implement, or "to carry out or accomplish," and you’ll often see it used in reference to a government plan or act. Use this word to describe the process of turning formal plans — often very detailed conceptual plans that will affect many — into reality. For example, the implementation of new parking fees means everyone has to put more money in the parking meters.
Vocabulary lists containing implementation
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Wall" (1987)
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The Maze Runner
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Example Sentences
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"Switzerland continues to provide a discreet and reliable setting to facilitate talks at Burgenstock on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran," the foreign ministry said in a brief statement.
From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026
But the administration’s implementation of the order fails to correct two fatal problems with the current hiring process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
The agreement says that the U.S. would make frozen Iranian funds available upon implementation of the memorandum, with the procedures for their release to be worked out during negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
This point is reaffirmed in Paragraph 13, which states that negotiations for a final deal will be “subject to the beginning of the implementation of Paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10, and 11 of this memorandum.”
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026
“We could be sitting here, somebody from New York, London, Boston, San Francisco, all live. And maybe the implementation is in Singapore, so the Singapore person could also be live here... That’s globalization,” said Nilekani.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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