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

Joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, Gorsuch said that the EPA failed to reasonably explain its federal implementation plan for controlling ozone pollution. —Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 27 June 2024

Those assistants would help districts in revising that part of their implementation plans, Hise said. —Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024

Moving the ions enables the implementation of complex quantum operations and the interaction between different sets of qubits. —Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2024

The rulings Monday will stop the Biden administration from any further implementation of the program -- in which 8 million are enrolled -- but allow people who are enrolled to keep using SAVE as is until the cases are fully litigated. —Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 24 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

implement entry 2 + -ation

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above