implementim‧ple‧ment1 /ˈɪmpləment/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive] 
We have decided to implement the committee’s recommendations in full.—implementation /ˌɪmpləmenˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: the implementation of the peace plan
VERB TABLE
implement
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | implement |
| he, she, it | implements | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | implemented |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have implemented |
| he, she, it | has implemented | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had implemented |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will implement |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have implemented |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am implementing |
| he, she, it | is implementing | |
| you, we, they | are implementing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was implementing |
| you, we, they | were implementing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been implementing |
| he, she, it | has been implementing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been implementing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be implementing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been implementing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- An international team has been set up to implement recent UN recommendations.
- Cost-cutting measures have been implemented in most hospitals.
- Very few parties in government ever want to implement major political reform.
- We need a strategy that can be implemented quickly.
- But it is essential to establish the policies in laws; policies do not implement themselves.
- He must now win a battle with the Treasury for funding to enable councils to implement the plan.
- In practice, however, most of these organizations implement only a part of the Deming approach.
- Now, though, it is easier to implement efficiencies.
- She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny.
- TECs and LECs will be closely involved in developing and implementing this new initiative.
Longman Language Activatorto do something that has already been planned or ordered
to do something that has been planned or that someone has asked you to do: carry out tests/research/a search etc: · Police are carrying out a thorough search of the area.· Technicians carried out extensive tests on the equipment.carry out somebody's orders/instructions/wishes: · If my instructions had been carried out, the accident would not have happened.carry out a threat/promise: · The terrorists carried out their threat and shot two of the hostages.
formal to do something that you have carefully planned or that you have agreed to do - used especially in official, legal, or business contexts: · We will not be able to execute the programs without more funding.· The directors make the decisions, but it's the managers who have to execute them.· The goal of landing people on Mars will not be an easy one to execute.
formal to do something after an official decision has been made that it should be done: implement a plan/a proposal/recommendations/policy etc: · We need a strategy that can be implemented quickly.· Very few parties in government ever want to implement major political reform.· An international team has been set up to implement recent UN recommendations.
if you put an idea or something you have learned into practice, you use it in your work or in your life, and you find out if it is effective: · The office has been slow to put the new proposals into practice.· A lot of these modern theories about teaching sound really good until you actually try and put them into practice.
informal to successfully do what other people have asked you to do or expect you to do - used especially in business: · What the country needs is an economic and political system capable of delivering the goods.· When the company's director failed to come up with the goods, he was out.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We have decided to implement the committee’s recommendations in full.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES proposals for implementing the EU directive on paternity leave
We have decided to implement the committee’s recommendations in full. proposals for implementing the EU directive on paternity leave formal (=to do what has been agreed as part of an official plan)· To implement its plans, the company has entered into a partnership with another software developer.
(=take action in the way that has been decided)· Local government is responsible for implementing central government policy.
· We will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.
(=carry out planned reforms)· Much will depend on how local managers implement the reforms.
formal (=do a series of actions that you or someone else has planned)· The firm faces several challenges as it seeks to implement that strategy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· However, it is expected to encompass all civil originating processes by the time the system is fully implemented in 2002.· As school desegregation is more fully implemented, only the most isolated suburbs will remain exempt.· The main weakness of these republican reforms was that they threatened fundamental change but didn't fully implement it.· These requirements were never fully implemented.· At St Mary's, we decided to set up a 10-week pilot study before fully implementing the new role.· Preparations had started almost a year earlier, but it was not until winter 1916/17 that they were fully implemented.· Funding is now needed to ensure that the experiments of the project are fully implemented.
· Firstly, changing external factors meant that many plans became rapidly out of date and so they could never be implemented properly.· Then thirdly, make quite sure the objective is implemented properly, so you have to monitor.· Not surprisingly, commitments are broken and only the less important matters are implemented properly.· The minister did not believe that Tameside Council could properly implement the change within the limited time available.
NOUN· The Labour Department did its best with the resources available to implement the Act.· Name the five separate wages boards which implement the Wage Councils Act, 1959, in the hotel and catering industry.
· Similarly management would be expected to exhaust the machinery before attempting to implement changes without agreement with the unions.· Will people be prosecuted when their co-operation is needed to implement an eventual peace agreement?
· Similarly management would be expected to exhaust the machinery before attempting to implement changes without agreement with the unions.· This unannounced decision proved to be the mechanism for implementing important changes.· The committee recognises that the changes it proposes will not be implemented without a change in legislation.· To effectively implement change you still need to manage it.· The two sides have been at odds in recent years as reformists tried to implement changes.· It is your decision whether to continue the way you have been up to now or to implement changes.· Moreover to implement the change there is no sign of introducing the extra resources which most commentators see as necessary.· Act as if you only had six months to live and implement these changes in your life now.
· When the decision is made and implemented the foreseen obstacles tend to evaporate.· The nature of the decision implemented by the one-House veto in these cases further manifests its legislative character.· This led to battles with senior management who questioned the status of the policy decision to implement the new system.· As a method of thought it is important as it helps to prevent had ideas or decisions from being implemented.· The commission should not be concerned with local authority policy decisions, but in how these decisions are implemented.· These statements-were then considered by ministers and senior civil servants who then made decisions which were implemented.
· Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.· Member states will have two years after adoption in which to implement the Directive.· The government originally promised to publish a consultation document on how it proposed to implement the directive by autumn 1992.
· They were eager to exercise their formal authority and to implement their own ideas about how to run an effective organization.· The intellectually gifted find themselves teaching older children; the educationally radical look outside schools for ways of implementing their ideas.· He began the difficult job of implementing many of his ideas in the marketing area of the organization.· As ideas migrate overseas, the economic and technological resources needed to implement the ideas migrate too.· When I had inspected the camp and asked my questions, it was time for Nagji to implement his Idea.· Yet the finer details needed to implement this idea in the context of international trade have proven contentious and divisive.· These families will usually benefit from therapeutic advice very quickly and will implement ideas effectively to make a good improvement.
· When the police or the system fail to implement those laws, it can lead to catastrophic repercussions.· Jones now must try to implement the open primary law in time for the 1998 primary elections.· Giant corporations announced they would implement the new law, and were rewarded by stock-price increases.· Six more states, including Texas, implemented laws on Jan. 1 that allow citizens to carry concealed weapons.· But officials say they are in the difficult position of having to implement a law they do not like.
· Procedures for implementing this recent legislation are being worked out by the U.S. Department of the Interior.· Kyl, one of the leading critics of the weapons convention, in effect borrowed from the implementing legislation for the convention.· A recent consumer survey indicated that 89% of people wanted the Government to implement legislation to promote more recycling of paper.· Y., and other lawmakers urged the change after learning that it could be implemented without legislation.· Does she enjoin Congress from implementing its legislation?· The real action is in the states now, as they try to implement the legislation.· The rules implement legislation passed by Congress in 1994.
· That confirms that the United Kingdom is at the forefront in implementing single market measures.· Both sides discussed proposals for implementing the measures contained within the December 1991 reconciliation agreement.· And secondly, the proposals in the 1983 Green Paper should now be implemented in part measure.· She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny.· He is implementing a number of measures he said could address the issue.
· They realised we were not going to budge until the plan was implemented.· Despite a briefcase thick with proposed solutions, no plan has been implemented.· The plan will be implemented next year and may be extended to other species such as hen harriers, buzzards and merlins.· The open admissions plan was to be implemented in the fall of 1970, a year from the time it was conceived.· Spoilt for choice A government's plans are sometimes implemented with little or no regard for an individual's family plans.· The management plan being implemented by the pyramid authorities would relocate the camels from this ridge.· The plan will be implemented regionally and it is realised that the regional priorities may vary from the national.· Thus its members initiated a strategy to ensure that their redevelopment plan would be implemented.
· The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.· In fact, four years ago Clinton was highly critical of federal policies originated and implemented by George Bush.· Recommendations on appointing representatives from Aboriginal communities to various local and national policy boards have been implemented.· The new policy was implemented over a two-year period.· The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented.· But it is essential to establish the policies in laws; policies do not implement themselves.· It may also be because there were weaknesses in the older policies, many of which became apparent once policies were implemented.· They accept some of the government policies implemented in their societies to equalize status and income.
· Structures have been used to implement pay scales rather than principles of organisational design.· NGOs are also working to implement the precautionary principle at a local level.· But to attempt to implement such principles in society as a whole will be disastrous unless people are seriously interested in material reward.· Ten States have begun to implement comparable worth principles and there are law suits pending against another thirteen.
· Business teams are critical to implementing total quality programs.· He enthusiastically worked to implement the Scholarship Bed program.· There are no cost estimates for implementing the program.· Supervisors also authorized staff to work out details and implement the program.· Shalala outstripped her Cabinet colleagues for implementing existing programs and public policy.· The challenge for schools will be hiring enough teachers and finding adequate classroom space to implement the program by next fall.· Nonprofit organizations and government agencies must effectively implement programs that further their causes or policies within budgetary constraints and shifting public priorities.· South Carolina has also implemented a work program that includes training for vocational jobs.
· If they are not motivated to implement the programme it will not run effectively.· At Level One students are given a high degree of support and supervision when devising and implementing a programme of activities.· To research, prepare and implement an initial publishing programme through exploiting and developing publishing rights held by the Group.· A resolution called on the President, the government and the Supreme Soviet to formulate detailed legislation to implement the programme.· Literature on Guillain-Barré syndrome places a high value on planning and implementing a programme to promote intellectual stimulation.· Nor does it contemplate the knock-on consequences for Labour ministers of attempting to implement their programme while rebuilding the governmental machine.· It does not lie with the team which is striving to implement the programme.· The Fund also implements a programme of information and education about apartheid.
· However, you could usefully add some details as to how you would implement your proposal.· A business plan was formulated and a general manager appointed to implement its proposals.· After much huffing and puffing, the government backed down from implementing most of these proposals.· The Criminal Justice Act of 1981 implemented the proposals, despite some opposition.· The authority has no duty to implement any proposals for redress but clearly refusal to do so may lead to unwelcome publicity.
· The work required to implement recommendations under this heading may take longer than the overall planning process.· They will increase their efforts to implement these recommendations.· The team has reported to the Executive Team and will be re-formed to implement recommendations.· The participating States will increase their efforts to implement his / her recommendations. 22.· We will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.· The Head of Department said that they had already started to implement the recommendations to them.· This implemented many of the recommendations of the Stevens Committee.· We have already taken steps to implement the key recommendations of the Woolf report on the future of our prisons.
· Much will depend on how local managers and clinicians implement the reforms at local level.· The center devoted itself to implementing the liturgical reform begun at the Second Vatican Council.· The government had also faced criticism over its slowness in implementing economic reforms.· Under the highly unpopular Videnov, the Socialist government resisted implementing economic reforms.· Legislation to implement the reforms was to be presented to Legco in early 1993.· Outdated computer systems and the failure to help judges to implement the reforms were adding to the chaos.· In the interim, the Stock Exchange implemented piecemeal reform.· It is unlikely that Boris Yeltsin would be implementing those reforms if we had jumped the gun, as the Opposition wanted.
· Do the Government intend to implement an eco-labelling scheme?· But not without secretly implementing a scheme whereby the computer could also work with a bigger load512K.· As far as the motor is concerned the software.intensive approach makes it easier to implement more sophisticated control schemes aimed at maximising motor performance.· The reason seems to be lack of knowledge and confusion about who is responsible for implementing the schemes.· The meeting then turned its attention to the experience gained by several laboratories in implementing such schemes.· Foreign governments and industries are highly unlikely to be involved in designing and implementing such schemes.· Already some medical schools have made progress in implementing such schemes.· But when the Conservatives gained power they did nothing to implement the scheme.
· Only one other carpet company has been identified as implementing this strategy.· Some RBOCs are actually implementing only one strategy, some are implementing both.· From that you will develop a training strategy and then be responsible for deciding how to implement that strategy.· The organizations in this study were implementing new strategies and introducing major restructuring.· Following years of planning, major progress has been made in implementing the College Accommodation Strategy.· What is the role of your work group in helping your company to implement its business strategy? 9.· It also raises some of the problems involved in deciding how best to implement an organization's strategy.
· During this period the Road Vehicles Department also expanded and implemented a progressive system of new building and repair.· We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.· This requires both parallel processing and a system of constraint satisfaction, and connectionism offers a way of implementing such a system.· Improved computer-editing proceedings have been developed and implemented in the surveillance system which identify measurements that may contain errors.· The immediate problem, however, lies in implementing such a system.· In fact, the information-processing mechanisms are designed for implementing the systems of differential equations associated with neural networks.· Our proposal is a modest one: we are trying to implement a more just system rather than tackling a great injustice.· Louis; installing new automated manufacturing equipment; and implementing a structured employee-involvement system.
· The Government's argument is always based on how much it would cost to implement a local income tax system.
VERB· The local authority have agreed to implement a series of new measures to fight the pollution.
· Meanwhile, at the Works they began to implement the Railway Executive Committee pre-war plans of preparing ambulance trains for home use.· The company will begin implementing its goals by the end of 1997, Stavropoulos said.· Significant progress was nevertheless achieved in May, when the factions agreed to begin implementing a temporary ceasefire.· In the mid-1980s the government had already begun to implement austerity measures which cut spending and led to price rises.· This is an approach that the Department of Social Security has already begun to implement.· Ten States have begun to implement comparable worth principles and there are law suits pending against another thirteen.· The one exception to that scheme is the strategic programme which Worswick has begun to implement.
· From that you will develop a training strategy and then be responsible for deciding how to implement that strategy.· We have decided to implement an MPAAlike ratings system for the television programs on Fox.· It also raises some of the problems involved in deciding how best to implement an organization's strategy.· The Minister said that there were four options, but did not tell us which one the Government had decided to implement.
· When the police or the system fail to implement those laws, it can lead to catastrophic repercussions.· Knowledge is never static, but successive generations of nurses fail to implement the findings of research.
· Such a difference of focus needs to be implemented now in order to foster the conditions for both parts to be a success.· Setting Limits Firm limits also need to be implemented.· A course of vitamin B-complex and dietary reform may need to be implemented.· These kinds of lessons-and the afFection needed to implement them-can be learned only by long observation.· But the laws need to be even wider than that and they need to be implemented fast.· Therefore a multi-year time horizon budget needs to be implemented.· What support will be needed for teachers implementing the healthy living section of Environmental Studies 5-14?
· It also requires firms to implement quality controls to ensure that independence and objectivity are maintained.· We entrust the Ministerial Council with the further steps which may be required to implement them.· Quite predictably many of the respondents' suggestions - even very basic ones - would require considerable funds to implement.· Those inevitably require hierarchical authority to implement and tend to be mechanistic.
· Undoubtedly a similar danger exists if we seek to implement the corporatist goal of community in the corporation.· The parties produce manifestos and when elected in a majority seek to implement their policies.· The doctrine of political neutrality seeks to implement it through a policy of neutrality.· In the 1580s an earlier warrior ruler, Hideyoshi, had sought to implement a formal distinction between warriors and farmers.· Sarvodaya embodies and seeks to implement just this belief.· The final class of issues arises when we seek to implement the model empirically.
· Our proposal is a modest one: we are trying to implement a more just system rather than tackling a great injustice.· Jones now must try to implement the open primary law in time for the 1998 primary elections.· The two sides have been at odds in recent years as reformists tried to implement changes.· The real action is in the states now, as they try to implement the legislation.
WORD FAMILYnounimplementationverbimplement
to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happenimplement a policy/plan/decision etc We have decided to implement the committee’s recommendations in full.—implementation /ˌɪmpləmenˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: the implementation of the peace plan