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

During the past 10 months, construction workers and engineers have ripped out everything below the upper tier and reconfigured the stadium. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Instead of having one optical component serving as a delay line, another as a filter, and another performing some additional signal-processing function, a programmable resonator network could potentially be reconfigured to perform several jobs. — New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026

Users can reconfigure the mapping of individual keys, set up macros and update firmware. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

American says that, to that end, new Boeing 747 MAX 10 aircraft in upcoming deliveries will have 24 First Class seats, while the Airbus A321neo portion of the fleet will be reconfigured to add additional First Class seats. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure