(~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something such as a plan, you ensure that what has been planned is done.
The government promised to ~ a new system to control financial loan institutions...
= carry out
VERB: V n
~ation
Very little has been achieved in the ~ation of the peace agreement signed last January.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
2.
An ~ is a tool or other piece of equipment. (FORMAL)
...writing ~s.
N-COUNT