implementation

noun

im·​ple·​men·​ta·​tion ˌim-plə-mən-ˈtā-shən 

-ˌmen-

plural implementations

: an act or instance of implementing something : the process of making something active or effective

implementation of a new policy/law

The Vatican returned the revised text to the bishops for implementation.

—Rita Ferrone

That standard, which defines how much ozone is unhealthy, was set in 1997, but its implementation was delayed by legal challenges.

—Cheryl Hogue

Synonyms

• accomplishment
• achievement
• commission
• discharge
• enactment
• execution
• fulfillment
• fulfilment
• performance
• perpetration
• prosecution
• pursuance

Examples of implementation in a Sentence

the implementation of the idea turned out to be harder than its conception

Recent Examples on the Web

One of those cases, led by Iowa and North Dakota, seeks to roll back updates to Biden-era rules concerning the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act, one of the nation’s core environmental laws. —Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025

Strategy and Execution: Developing plans and ensuring effective implementation to achieve organizational goals. —Tony Gambill, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

However, while Apple and Samsung’s versions support a range of app and notification types, including live sports scores, the Android 16 implementation is so far limited to progress trackers, and Google suggests it should only be used for ride-sharing, food delivery, and navigation apps. —Dominic Preston, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025

The influx of aid has helped ease skyrocketing food prices, with the price of chicken dropping from $20 to $6 per kilogram, or about 2.2 pounds, on the first day of the ceasefire's implementation, residents said. —Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

implement entry 2 + -ation

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above