configure
verb (used with object)
to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose.
configuring
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present participleof configure.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The new warehouses, totaling more than 7 million square feet, will offer services including assembling and configuring equipment in data-center racks and transporting the racks to data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
If the thought of configuring a VPN makes you break out in a cold sweat, this one’s for you.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026
The team's chief innovation is configuring their "neutral atom array" to be able to dynamically change its layout by moving and connecting atoms -- this is called "entangling" in physics parlance -- mid-computation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023
Yvonne began designing and configuring Día de Muertos ofrendas when she needed a place to mourn after her nephew and best friend passed away in 1997.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
A user "enables" a category in a filtering program by configuring the program to block all of the Web pages listed in that category.
From Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania
