# implementation

Pronunciation: US say "im-pluh-men-TAY-shuhn" /ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən/; UK say "im-pli-muhn-TAY-shuhn" /ˌɪmplɪmənˈteɪʃn/

## Noun

1. The process of turning an idea into a working reality, meaning the building stage rather than the design stage.
   - Simple: The work of turning a plan or idea into something real.
   - _The implementation of the policy required training hundreds of staff._
   - _Engineers focus on implementation once the design has been approved._
2. The finished product, system, or device that results from carrying out a plan or design.
   - Simple: A finished thing that was built from a plan, like a working system or device.
   - _The new implementation handled twice the traffic of the old system._
   - _Several competing implementations of the standard already exist on the market._

## Origin

Formed from "implement" combined with the suffix "-ation."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/implementation (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).