Meaning & use
implementator
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Meanings
nouncountableformalbusiness
A person or organization that puts a plan, system, or decision into practice.
Grammar: Countable: use 'an implementator' for one person and 'implementators' for several; it takes 'of' before the thing being carried out.
Patterns
- implementator of something
- the main implementator of a policy
She was the chief implementator of the new safety rules across all three factories.
The report named the agency as the main implementator of the housing plan.
nouncountabletechnical
A tool, device, or piece of software that carries out a technical process or standard.
Grammar: Used mostly in technical writing; in everyday speech people usually say 'tool' or 'implementation'.
Patterns
- a hardware implementator
- an implementator for something
The compiler acts as an implementator of the language standard.
Engineers tested the implementator against several real workloads.
Word forms
| plural | implementators |
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Common combinations
- chief implementator
- He served as chief implementator of the reform program.
- main implementator
- Local councils are the main implementators of the policy.
- act as an implementator
- The unit acts as an implementator of government decisions.
- implementator of change
- Every good manager is also an implementator of change.
Synonyms and how they differ
- executor
- Executor stresses carrying out someone's instructions or a will, while implementator stresses putting a plan or system into practice.
- enforcer
- Enforcer suggests making people obey rules, often with authority; implementator is more neutral and simply means carrying something out.
- practitioner
- Practitioner means someone who regularly does an activity, not specifically someone who puts a plan into effect.
Word family
- implement verb
- to put a plan or decision into practice.
- implementation noun
- the act of putting a plan or system into effect.
- implementer noun
- a more common spelling of the same idea: a person or thing that carries something out.
Commonly confused: implementator or implementer? implementator or implementation?
implementator vs implementer
Implementer is the far more common form and is preferred in most writing; implementator sounds formal and slightly old-fashioned.
implementator vs implementation
Implementation is the process or result, while implementator is the person or thing doing it.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'implementator' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Implementator' is a countable noun meaning a person or thing that carries something out, so it fits after 'is an'. Options 2 and 4 use it as a verb, which it is not, and option 3 uses it where the noun 'implementation' is meant.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “implementator”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.