reconfigure

verb

re·​con·​fig·​ure (ˌ)rē-kən-ˈfi-gyər 

especially British -ˈfi-gə

reconfigured; reconfiguring; reconfigures

transitive verb

: to rearrange (something) into an altered form, figure, shape, or layout : to configure (something) again or in a new way

Back in the business end of the airplane, built-in features allow the single loadmaster to reconfigure the cargo bay for different types of loads in under an hour in flight.

—Richard DeMeis

Neuroimaging suggested that his brain had essentially reconfigured itself—surviving neurons bypassed dead ones and forged new connections to one another.

—Jeneen Interlandi

Examples of reconfigure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In survivability, for example, homogeneous swarms can reportedly reconfigure their networks and continue operating after losing individual nodes or experiencing communications disruption. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Or the 9th Circuit could rule against the NFL and effectively force the league to reconfigure how games are watched. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Biggest concern Wide receiver The Eagles’ reconfigured wide receiver depth chart was hard to ascertain this summer with DeVonta Smith and Makai Lemon missing three weeks of team drills. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Captions Will be Needed is filmmaker Natalia Almada’s cinematic response to living with a rare cancer that has reconfigured her relationship to time. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure