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configure

[ kuh n-fig-yer ]
/ kənˈfɪg yər /
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verb (used with object), con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing.

to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
Computers.
  1. to put together (a computer or computer system) by supplying, arranging, or connecting a specific set of internal or external components: My next laptop will be configured for gaming with a fast processor and lots of memory.
  2. to set up (a software program or device) for a particular computer, computer system, or task: to configure the printer for a wireless network.

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RELATED WORDS

construct, compose, form, pattern, shape, design, build, arrange

Nearby words

confidently, confiding, configurate, configuration, configurationism, configure, confine, confined, confinedly, confinee, confinement

Origin of configure

back formation from configuration
Related formscon·fig·ur·a·ble, adjectivepre·con·fig·ure, verb (used with object), pre·con·fig·ured, pre·con·fig·ur·ing.
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British Dictionary definitions for configure

configure

/ (ˌkənˈfɪɡə) /

verb (tr)

to arrange or organize
computing to set up (a piece of hardware or software) as required
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for configure

configure

v.

late 14c., from Latin configurare "to fashion after a pattern," from con- "together" (see com-) + figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper