implements

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of implement.

   Workers loaded the heavy implements onto the back of the truck.

   Stone tools were among the earliest implements made by humans.

   Note

   Here the word names objects you can pick up and work with, such as heavy implements on a truck or stone implements from early human history. The same spelling also serves as the verb form meaning 'carries out', so the sentence decides which one is meant. The noun follows an adjective or article and takes a plural verb. The verb follows a singular subject and takes an object.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of implement.

   The committee implements each policy after a careful review.

   This software implements the latest encryption standard automatically.

   Note

   Two quite different kinds of subject use this form. A committee or a government implements a policy by putting it into practice. A program or device implements a specification, such as an algorithm, an interface or a protocol, by realizing it in working form. In the technical use the subject is usually the software itself rather than the person who wrote it. The verb takes the -s only after a singular third-person subject.

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