implementとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: ĭmʹplə-mənt, IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpləmənt/
• enPR: ĭmʹplə-mĕnt, IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpləmɛnt/

名詞

implement (複数形 implements)

1. A tool or instrument for working with.

   They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.

   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:

     A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:instrument

動詞

implement (三人称単数 現在形 implements, 現在分詞 implementing, 過去形および過去分詞形 implemented)

2. to bring about; to put into practice; to carry out

   It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.

   • 1960 December, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:

     A considerable amount of beet comes from the Clonakilty and Courtmacsherry growing areas to Mallow and if the closure proposals mentioned are implemented this traffic will in future years be thrown on roads ill-suited to such heavy haulage.

   • 2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Guardiola, who last won the Champions League in 2011, started with no defensive midfielder and no recognised striker and watched his midfielder-heavy lineup struggle to implement a complicated gameplan.

使用する際の注意点

• Nouns serving as grammatical objects that commonly collocate: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.

派生語

• implementable
• implementation
• implementer

Further reading

• implement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• implement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911