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

But, of course, there are other reasons to reconfigure this 50-year-old movie, several of them very much of the moment. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026

Iowa Department of Transportation crews need to paint new lines on the roadway to reconfigure traffic patterns in the area as part of an ongoing construction project. —Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 28 Mar. 2026

DePodesta and Byrnes reconfigured the rotation around veterans with a plethora of pitches. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026

Seagrass light-gathering pigments are reconfigured, each seagrass species finding the pigment palette that best embraces the blue-green watery light of its home. —David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure