Implement Definition & Usage: Put Plans into Effect

Meaning 1：put into effect (implement)

implement 🔊

/ˈɪmplɪmənt/

vt.

to put a plan or idea into action, to make something happen.

Hands pushing plan paper into action, symbolizing implement meaning

put into effect 🔊

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/pʊt ˈɪntuː ɪˈfɛkt/

vt.

To put a decision, plan, or system into practice; to make something happen as intended.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Latin 'implere' (fill) + '-ment', evolved to 'to carry out'.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'im' (in) + 'plement' (fill) – you fill in the details to make a plan work.

📖 Example

The company decided to implement a new policy to reduce plastic use in all its offices. 🔊 The company decided to put a new policy into effect to reduce plastic usage across all its offices.

🔗 Collocations

implement a plan – carry out a plan

implement a strategy – put a strategy into action

implement changes – make changes happen

🔄 Synonyms

execute (vt.) – to carry out or put into effect a plan or order

enforce (vt.) – to compel observance of or compliance with a law or rule

apply (vt.) – to put something into operation or practice

🚫 Antonyms

neglect (vt.) – to fail to carry out or attend to something

abandon (vt.) – to give up a plan or idea before it is put into action

🌱 Derivatives

implementation (n.) – the process of putting a decision or plan into effect

implementable (adj.) – capable of being put into practice

implementer (n.) – a person or entity that carries out a plan

📖 Cultural Story

Originally a noun for 'tool' (15th c.), the verb 'implement' (18th c.) came to mean 'to put a plan into effect', common in business.