| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| implement | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a piece of equipment; tool or utensil: gardening implements |
| 2. | something used to achieve a purpose; agent |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to carry out; put into action; perform: to implement a plan |
| 4. | archaic to complete, satisfy, or fulfil |
| [C17: from Late Latin implēmentum, literally: a filling up, from Latin implēre to fill up, satisfy, fulfil] | |
| imple'mental | |
| —adj | |
| implemen'tation | |
| —n | |
| 'implementer | |
| —n | |
| 'implementor | |
| —n | |
| implement | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a piece of equipment; tool or utensil: gardening implements |
| 2. | something used to achieve a purpose; agent |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to carry out; put into action; perform: to implement a plan |
| 4. | archaic to complete, satisfy, or fulfil |
| [C17: from Late Latin implēmentum, literally: a filling up, from Latin implēre to fill up, satisfy, fulfil] | |
| imple'mental | |
| —adj | |
| implemen'tation | |
| —n | |
| 'implementer | |
| —n | |
| 'implementor | |
| —n | |