MEANING
1. A device or material placed within the body for a medical or other functional purpose.
2. To place a device or biological material within the body so it remains there.
3. To establish an idea or feeling firmly in someone’s mind.
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Words that belong together
- neural implant
- cochlear implant
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The neural implant transmitted a faint signal.
An old implant appeared on the scan.
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Word forms
- Base
- implant
- Past tense
- implanted
- Past participle
- implanted
- Present participle
- implanting
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular implant; plural implants. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: implants.
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