reconfigure

verb

re·​con·​fig·​ure (ˌ)rē-kən-ˈfi-gyər How to pronounce reconfigure (audio)
 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

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How Adams will try to win Adams would have to reconfigure his multiracial base of working-class New Yorkers in the city’s outer boroughs. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 June 2025 Dick’s looked at trying to reconfigure its store in the Orland Park Place shopping center on La Grange Road south of the mall, but that site didn’t work, Corno said. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025 Example: Policy change causes the ACP to reconfigure agent permissions; security agent approval is necessary prior to re-deploying a Kubernetes cluster. Venkatadri Marella, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 Hexagon hasn’t publicly given a construction timetable for the Windsor Locks project, but intends to reconfigure the existing 52,000-square-foot building without new additions. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for reconfigure

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reconfigure was in 1939

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“Reconfigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconfigure. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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