implementation
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implementations
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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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Example Sentences
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He emphasises that most of these conversations on access and implementation are conducted by experienced Afghan staff.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
A judge in Staten Island on Monday ordered an emergency pause on the implementation of the new tax following a lawsuit from a group of three aggrieved homeowners suing to delay its rollout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A Staten Island judge ordered an emergency pause on the tax’s implementation following a lawsuit from three homeowners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Council can pass legislation... move motions forward, but it is the mayor that has charge of the implementation and outcomes, she said at a press conference last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
When the Supreme Court issued its implementation decree for Brown v.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
The plan's 10 strategic actions include 31 implementations, spread across four areas:
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
And while China’s tech sector has made strides in domestic semiconductor production, it still relies on U.S. semis for high-tech implementations, like AI.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Its earliest implementations in medicine—such as digital scribes that assisted with documentation—were aimed at fixing problems created by the previous technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
The implementations were a huge success: The nudging group selected animal welfare products almost twice as frequently as the control group on average.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; esp. if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more `serious' designs.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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