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Definitions: Implement |
ImplementNoun1. Instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. Verb1. Make use of; "implement a procedure". 2. Ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";. 3. Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?" "He implemented a new economic plan". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "implement" was first used: 1445. (references) |
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Mechanical Engineering | A simple device, hand-or power-operated. In engineering practice, the term "tool" chiefly comprises tools used to work materials("tool"); in loose usage and in connection with suitable modifiers, it may denote also simple measuring instruments and holding devices(and even "machine tools"). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ImplementSynonyms: apply (v), carry out (v), enforce (v), follow through (v), go through (v), put through (v), utilise (v), utilize (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: exempt (v). (additional references) |
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Instrument | Instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine. |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This Vienna County landowner has worked with NRCS to implement a holistic conservation approach to his land.Credit: Dot Paul. |
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Health | Implement and evaluate control strategies. (references) | |
There is often poor communication between diagnosticians and those who implement and monitor treatment in schools. (references) | ||
Develop and implement curricula relevant to oral complications of cancer therapy in schools of medicine, dentistry, dental hygiene, and nursing. (references) | ||
Business | The GOP for the first time has formulated and started to implement an IT policy. (references) | |
In many cases, Germany will also be the first European country to implement EU-wide standards. (references) | ||
Western lessors typically applied for a license to implement specific leasing projects in Russia. (references) | ||
Children | Bahamas | They note that there is no overarching legislation to implement and enforce equal opportunity policies in the workplace, educational institutions, or elsewhere. (references) |
Nepal | However, despite government funding for special education programs, the Government does not implement effectively or enforce laws regarding persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Angola | In July the Government began to implement a civil registration campaign to facilitate the adherence to the minimum age requirement of 18 years for military recruitment. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Norway | Schools were instructed to implement the use of the form. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | However, in practice police often implement the policy in an arbitrary manner. (references) | |
Nigeria | After the adoption of Shari'a in Zamfara, other northern states began to implement forms of expanded Shari'a. (references) | |
Discrimination | Oman | The 1996 Basic Charter prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, ethnic origin, race, religion, language, sect, place of residence, and social class; however, decrees to implement its provisions have not been promulgated. (references) |
Burundi | The Transitional Constitutional Act provides equal status and protection for all citizens, without distinction based on sex, origin, ethnicity, religion, or opinion; however, the Government failed to implement effectively the act's provisions, and discrimination persists. (references) | |
Economic History | Turkey | The GOT has completed terms to implement these changes. (references) |
Human Rights | Dominican Republic | Court officials also began to implement new selection criteria for judges. (references) |
Brazil | Begun in 1997, the program was expected to take 10 years to implement fully. (references) | |
Bangladesh | The Supreme Court ordered the Government to implement those elements within 8 weeks. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Former insurgent leader Jotirindrio Bodhipriya Larma, alias Shantu Larma, has publicly questioned whether the Peace Accord has been implemented properly, and has urged prompt government action to implement all provisions of the Accord. (references) |
Philippines | The 1997 Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act, which was intended to implement constitutional provisions to protect indigenous people, established a National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), which is staffed by tribal members empowered to award certificates of title to lands claimed by over 12 million indigenous people in the country. (references) | |
Minorities | Estonia | In addition at least 10 NGO's develop and implement local programs to assist the integration of non-Estonians into society. (references) |
Political Economy | Kenya | The political parties, however, have not been able to agree on how to implement the Act. (references) |
Mali | Mali is a constitutional democracy that continued to implement a decentralized form of government. (references) | |
France | Efforts to implement a reduction of work time from 39 to 35 hours a week as a spur to create jobs are ongoing. (references) | |
Political Rights | Equatorial Guinea | Opposition activists reported that the Government made virtually no effort to implement the pact. (references) |
Turkmenistan | The policy of the Democratic Party, according to its leadership, is to implement the policy of the President. (references) | |
Guatemala | He took office in January 2000. The Government's efforts to implement the Peace Accords during the year were mixed. (references) | |
Trade | Eritrea | Eritrea is planning to implement a comprehensive tax and customs reform. (references) |
Ukraine | The project objective is to implement measures for TB/HIV/AIDS epidemic control in Ukraine. (references) | |
China | The U.S. Ex-Im Bank is seeking to implement a limited-recourse, project-financing program in China. (references) | |
Women | Japan | Local governments and private rail operators continued to implement measures designed to address the widespread problem of groping and molestation of female commuters. (references) |
East Timor | UNTAET regulations implement the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; however, discrimination complaints were not a priority during the year, and no cases have been reported. (references) | |
Botswana | In 2000 Parliament passed a resolution calling for young women to be allowed to serve in the BDF "as soon as practicable." The Government and interested NGO's meet regularly to implement the long-term plan of action described in the National Policy on Women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | No action has been taken to implement these elements of the investment policy. (references) |
Syria | The law mandates safety in all sectors, and managers are expected to implement them fully. (references) | |
Morocco | Reductions in force due to economic hardship also become mired in politics and are extremely hard to implement. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns. Ah, punster, would my lot were cast, Where the cobbler is unknown, So that I might forget his last And hear your own. Gargo Repsky |
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Rostom al-Zoubi | We said we don't. That's why we submitted this draft resolution to the Security Council. And then the specialized authority of United Nations should go to implement this resolution if it's adopted by the Security Council. |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The right approach to reform is to improve the individual statutes, where they need change, and to ensure that the regulatory agencies implement those statutes sensibly. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We will also implement recommendations of our Task Force on Victims of Crime, which will report to me this week. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | As we fight crime, we will fully implement our nation strategy for combatting drug abuse. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | To assure that our classrooms are truly places of learning, and to respond to what teachers have been asking us to do for years, we should say that all states and school districts must both adopt and implement sensible discipline policies. |
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| "Implement" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 87.12% of the time. "Implement" is used about 1,504 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 87.12% | 1,311 | 6,049 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.5% | 128 | 28,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.38% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,504 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "implement": agricultural implement ♦ cleaning implement ♦ cutting implement ♦ rude implement ♦ severing implement ♦ sports implement ♦ statement of capability to implement a project ♦ writing implement. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "implement": implement-maker. | |
Ending with "implement": agricultural-implement, re-implement. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tractor implement | 133 |
farm implement | 106 |
implement | 80 |
atv implement | 39 |
howse implement | 19 |
implement spanking | 19 |
agricultural and implement | 14 |
antique farm implement | 13 |
garden tractor implement | 12 |
implement wood | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "implement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | instrument (instrument), vegël (applicator, cat's paw, doohickey, dummy, engine, gadget, instrument, Jigger, tool, utensil, utility), mjet (agent, apparatus, device, engine, expedient, instrument, intermedium, mean, means, medium, mode, modus, recipe, route, tool, touch, vehicle, wherewithal). (various references) | |
Arabic | نفذ (act, activate, be executed, carry into effect, carry out, come true, commit, computerize, do, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, fill, fulfil, fulfill, honor, honour, invoke, penetrate, percolate, perform, permeate, petering, pierce, practise, proceed, pursue, put into effect, realize, transfix, traverse), نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, compass, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, gain, get hold of, get on, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, pull off, put across, realize), حقق (achieve, attain, check, consummate, effectuate, fulfil, fulfill, get on, inquire, obtain, prize, probe, produce, quest, realize, search closely, see, slate, take, work out), زود بأدوات, أداة (agent, appliance, device, gadget, particle, tool, utensil). (various references) | |
Basque | tresna (instrument). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уред (apparatus, contraption, device, engine, instrument, mechanism), сечиво (edge tool, instrument, tool), осъществявам (accomplish, achieve, carry into effect, carry through, embody, fulfil, fulfill, incarnate, instrument, materialize, put into effect, realize), оръдие (cannon, creature, gun, instrument, pander, piece, tool), агент (agent, broker, factor, feeler, investigator, minister, nark, plant, procurator), прибор (appliance, contrivance, device, instrument, set, utensil), инструмент (instrument, machine, tool, utensil), изпълнявам (accomplish, accord, act up to, carry into effect, carry out, complete, effectuate, execute, exercise, fill, fulfil, fulfill, handle, make up, perform, play, practise, pursue, put into effect, put through, redeem, satisfy, verify), допълвам (amplify, complete, inset, make up, piece out, round out). (various references) | |
Chinese | 貫徹 (carry out, put into practice), 鋐 (utensil), 贯彻, 執行 (carry out, to execute, to run), 器具 (ware), 實行 (carry out, to put into practice). (various references) | |
Czech | zahradnické náèiní, vykonat (accomplish, carry out, discharge, effectuate, execute, mete out, perform, push through, render), uskuteènit (carry into effect, carry out, effect, execute, go through with, make good, realize, substantiate), splnit (accomplish, carry out, discharge, fulfil, fulfill, keep, perform, redeem, satisfy), realizovat (capitalize, carry out, go through with, realize), nástroj (device, instrument, tool, utensil), nářadí (gear, kit, things, tool). (various references) | |
Danish | værktøj (artillery, business, factory, kit, machinery, means, outfit, rig, tool, tools, works), redskab (agent, means, tool, utensil). (various references) | |
Dutch | werktuig (agent, instrument, means, tool), gereedschap (artillery, business, factory, kit, machinery, outfit, rig, tool, tools, works). (various references) | |
Farsi | ایفاء کردن , افزار (Gear, Gin, Tool), انجام دادن (Accomplish, Achieve, Administer, Complete, Consummate, Do, Pay, Perform), انجام (Accomplishment, Commission, Compietion, Godspeed, Implementation, Sequel, Transaction), الت (Apparatus, Appliance, Engine, Instrument, Instrumental, Organ, Tool), اسباب (Apparatus, Apparel, Appliance, Appurtenance, Article, Contraption, Contrivance, Doodad, Engine, Gadget, Gear, Instrument, Layout, Paraphernalia, Rig, Tackle, Thing, Tool, Utensil), اجراء کردن تکمیل کردن , اجراء , ابزار (Doodad, Gadget, Tool). (various references) | |
Finnish | työväline (tool), työkalu (instrument, tool). (various references) | |
French | outil, instrument. (various references) | |
German | werkzeug (agent, artifact, instrument, kit, mean, means, tool, tool kit, utensil, utility), realisieren (carry out, conclude, produce, realize, to realise, to realize), implementieren, gerät (apparatus, appliance, console, device, equipment, gadget, gadgetry, instrument, piece of equipment, set, tabletop, tackle, tool, unit, utensil). (various references) | |
Greek | εργαλείο (contraption, instrument, jig, tool). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכשיר (aid, apparatus, appliance, gadget, instrument, organ, tool), ל"וציא לפועל (accomplish, carry into effect, effectuate, execute, manage, perform, put into effect, put into practice), ל"'שים (carry out, consummate, fulfill, materialize, realize), תשמיש (article, service, use, utensil, utility), אמצעי (aid, expedient, facility, indirectly, mean, means, measure, median, medium, mid, middle, organ, resort, resource, resources, step, steppingstone, tool), כלי (apparatus, article, instrument, kit, organ, thing, tool, vessel, weapon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerszám (artifact, instrument, tool, utensil). (various references) | |
Indonesian | peralatan (equipment, instrumentation). (various references) | |
Italian | utensile (mill, tool, utensil), attrezzo (fixture, tool, utensil), arnese (agent, contraption, gadget, gear, means, thing, tool, utensil). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "具 (means, tool), 器財 (tool, utensil), 工具 (tool), インフレ対策 (counter-inflation measures, impedance, imperial, implementation, implementor, implication, import, important, impossible, impotence, impression, impressive, improvisation, in play, inheritance, input, invader, invention, inventory, inventory cycles, inventory finance, inventory recession, inventory recovery, investment, investment analyst, investment bank, investment counselor, invoice, involve). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きざい (equipment, equipment and materials, machine parts, machinery, tool, tools and materials, utensil), どうぐ (means, tool), "うぐ (farm implements, farm tools, perfumes, school gear, tool, variety of incense), インプリメント , インプレメント . (various references) | |
Korean | 방안. (various references) | |
Manx | greie (engine, gear, instrument, tool, utensil), cur rish (apply, commit, practise, stand to, supplement), cooilleen (accomplish, fulfilment, recompense, revenge). (various references) | |
Norwegian | verktøy (instrument), redskap (appliance, gear). (various references) | |
Occitan | instrument (instrument). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | implementay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | instrumento (agent, apparatus, creature, deed, device, diploma, document, Gael, grubbiness, handle, instrument, means, organ, tool, vehicle), ferramenta (agent, appliance, iron, means, tool). (various references) | |
Romanian | instrument (apparatus, appliance, device, engine, instrument, thing, tool, utensil), utila (fit), unealtã (cat's paw, creature, dummy, furniture, instrument, minister, pawn, puppet, tackle, thing, tool, utensil), traduce în viaţã (float, give effect to, instrument), obiect (article, cause, object, reason, subject, thing), lucru (act, activity, article, belongings, business, cert, deed, employment, happening, job, labor, labour, matter, object, occurrence, operation, predecessor, service, situation, thing, things, traps, work, working), articol (article, column, commodity, contribution, item, material, paper, product), aplica (adhibit, administer, affix, append, apply, enforce, give, imprint, inflict, practice, seal). (various references) | |
Russian | орудие (ammunition, breech-loader, cannon, gun, instrument, tool), принадлежность (accessory, appurtenance, paraphernalia, utensil, utensils), инструмент (handpiece, instrument, insts, tool). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izvršiti (accomplish, carry out, carry through, commit, execute, perform, perpetrate), ispuniti (carry out, cope, fill up, fulfil, fulfill, grout, realize, replenish, stand by, stuff), pribor (accessories, appurtenance, equipment, materials, paraphernalia, prop, properties, supplies, supply, tackle, tackling, utensil), oruđe (cannon, instrument, instrumentality, tool, weapon), naprava (gadget), alatka (tool, utensil). (various references) | |
Spanish | instrumento (agent, appliance, cat's paw, flute, indenture, instrument, means, tool, wood), herramienta (agent, horns, means, tool). (various references) | |
Swedish | verktyg (agent, creature, engine, instrument, means, pawn, tool, tools, utensil, utils). (various references) | |
Turkish | yerine getirmek (accomplish, acquit oneself, answer, carry through, complete, discharge, execute, fulfil, fulfill, make good, meet, observe, perform, put in force, redeem, satisfy, serve, settle, stick to), yerine getirme (acquittal, administration, consummation, execution, exercise, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, observance, performance, pursuance, redemption), yapmak (accomplish, achieve, acquit oneself, act, architect, build, carry out, carve out, contrive, create, do, engineer, establish, execute, fashion, father, fulfil, fulfill, get, go over, go through, have, land, make, perform, perpetrate, ply, practice, practise, produce, profess, put on, put through, set, take, transact, turn out, weave), yapma (accomplishment, acquittal, artificial, construction, cut it out, drop it, dummy, execution, exercise, fulfillment, fulfilment, go on, imitated, making, perpetration, postiche, pursuance, sham, spurious, stop it), uygulamak (administer, apply, carry out, complete, deploy, dispense, enforce, exercise, exert, fulfil, fulfill, impart, perform, practise, put into practice, realize), tamamlamak (bring to completion, button up, catch up on, clear up, complement, complete, consummate, do, eke out, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, go through with, integrate, perfect, round off, round out, serve out, supplement, take up, work off, work up), sağlamak (accommodate, accommodate smb. with, arm, assure, carry, cater, cater for, come in, derive, enlist, ensure, extract, fend for, find, fix, fix up, furnish, get out of, keep, lay in, lay on, maintain, make, obtain, procure, provide, provide with, provision, purvey, secure, suck, supply, yield), donanım (accoutrement, accoutrements, appointments, equipage, equipment, furnishing, gear, hardware, rig, rigging, tackle), araç (agent, appliance, facility, instrument, means, medium, organ, tool, vehicle, vehicular), alet (agent, aid, apparatus, appliance, device, gadgety, instrument, instrumental, Jigger, job, means, organ, tool, vessel). (various references) | |
Ukranian | виконувати (administer, administrate, answer, carry out, comply, dispense, do, effect, effectuate, execute, fulfil, full, obey, perform, play, put into effect, render, solve, tender), знаряддя (engine, instrument, loom, weapon), забезпечувати інструментами, здійснювати (actualize, bring to pass, compass, effect, effectuate, embody, execute, exercise, make, materialize, perpetrate, practise, put into practice, realize, wage), приладдя (accessories, belongings, outfit, tackle, utensil). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | dụng cụ (device, equipment, gear, tool), công cụ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | organon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | implere. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | daxshtem, zaya. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | implementem. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | utensile. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "implement": implementation, implementations, implemented, implementer, implementers, implementing, implementor, implementors, implements. (additional references) | |
Words containing "implement": unimplemented. (additional references) | |
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"Implement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impement, implament, impliement, impliment, inplement, Ippleden, omplement. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "implement" (pronounced i"mplumunt) |
| 8 | -m p l u m u n t | complement. |
| 7 | -p l u m u n t | supplement. |
| 6 | -l u m u n t | element, filament, parliament. |
| 5 | -u m u n t | accompaniment, adamant, argument, armament, condiment, detriment, disarmament, excrement, experiment, impediment, increment, instrument, integument, ligament, ornament, orpiment, predicament, rearmament, regiment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, vehement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-m-m-n-p-t" | |
-2 letters: penlite. | |
-3 letters: emetin, limpet, pelite, pelmet, penile, pintle, pitmen, temple. | |
-4 letters: elemi, elint, elite, emmet, impel, inept, inlet, limen, tempi. | |
-5 letters: emit, item, leet, lent, lept, lien, lime, limn, limp, line, lint, lipe, lite, meet, melt, meme, mete, mien, mile, milt, mime, mine, mint, mite, neem, neep, nite, peel, peen, pein, pele, pelt, pent, pile, pine, pint, plie, teel, teem, teen, tele, temp, tile, time, tine. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-m-m-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: impalement, implements. | |
+2 letters: impalements, imperilment, implemented, implementer, implementor. | |
+3 letters: complimented, imperilments, implementers, implementing, implementors, misplacement. | |
+4 letters: complementing, impermanently, misemployment, misplacements, unimplemented. | |
+5 letters: complementizer, implementation, misemployments, paleomagnetism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 6C 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. .-.. . -- . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p l e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 006C 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)437982787179718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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