reconfigure

[ ree-kuhn-fig-yer ]

verb (used with object)

, re·con·fig·ured, re·con·fig·ur·ing.

1. to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.

reconfigure

/ ˌriːkənˈfɪɡə /

verb

1. tr to rearrange the elements or settings of (a system, device, computer application, etc)

Other Words From

• recon·figu·ration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reconfigure¹

1965–70; re- + configure, by back formation from configuration

Example Sentences

A group mostly just browses in the same vicinity, then may fray apart and reconfigure with different members in the fission-fusion pattern seen in many animals, such as dolphins.

From Science News

You can’t go in and reconfigure your team and save cap space like you can in football.

From FiveThirtyEight

Halsey said Golden Hall and the city’s two remaining tent shelters have been reconfigured to safely accommodate homeless San Diegans once the Convention Center shutters.

From Voice of San Diego

Such a plan would give the city guidance to reconfigure roads as it’s able to make them more walkable and bikeable, and allow for more transit opportunities.

From Voice of San Diego

Distributed work will unlock the potential of these technologies in the same way the highway system unlocked the potential of cars and ultimately reconfigured modern life.

From Fortune

If Purisima wins, with no money, the world will have to reconfigure its economic and trade coordinates completely.

From The Daily Beast

I have to reconfigure my brain before I get behind the wheel, which is very Portland of me.

From The Daily Beast

Then we had to reconfigure, rethink and shoot a new ending.

From The Daily Beast

You try to get an experimental service running and no one will reconfigure the firewall.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• rearrange
• recompose
• reconstruct
• redesign
• reform
• reshape