configure
verb /kənˈfɪɡə(r)/
/kənˈfɪɡjər/
[usually passive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they configure | /kənˈfɪɡə(r)/ /kənˈfɪɡjər/ |
| he / she / it configures | /kənˈfɪɡəz/ /kənˈfɪɡjərz/ |
| past simple configured | /kənˈfɪɡəd/ /kənˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| past participle configured | /kənˈfɪɡəd/ /kənˈfɪɡjərd/ |
| -ing form configuring | /kənˈfɪɡərɪŋ/ /kənˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/ |
- configure something to arrange something in a particular way, especially computer equipment; to make equipment or software work in the way that the user prefers
- We need to configure the new system and reassign users and data.
WordfinderTopics Computersc2- animation
- application
- authoring
- beta version
- configure
- demo
- install
- interactive
- software
- spreadsheet
Oxford Collocations DictionaryConfigure is used with these nouns as the object:- modem
- module
- printer
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin configurare ‘shape after a pattern’, from con- ‘together’ + figurare ‘to shape’ (from figura ‘shape or figure’).