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

The new wing, along with a renovation of the old wings, will reconfigure the entire complex to bring all the clinic spaces into one central location. — Florida International University, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

The airport has added new concourses, not terminals, and the Grand Lobby, which opened in 2023, is being reconfigured, but is not closed. — Joel Rose, NPR, 1 July 2026

Several states in the South moved to recraft their House maps to reconfigure districts with majority-minority populations, which were represented by Democrats. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026

With memory supply scarce and pricey, consumer electronics companies have spent the past six months pulling various levers to manage the situation, from reconfiguring product SKUs in order to reduce the bill of materials to reluctantly hiking prices. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 28 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure