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

Compton worked hard in the offseason to reconfigure his body, hoping that better fitness would lead to less mental fatigue on the floor and fewer lazy fouls, and to focus on playing more vertically than horizontally with his arms. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025

For instance, a designer might use the software to create a pattern for pants that reconfigure into a dress, or a mini dress that converts to a maxi dress. —Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 11 Nov. 2025

As Octavia Butler believed, America’s past is a good place to start when trying to predict how climate change will reconfigure its society in the future. —Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025

But there are also numerous guards and wings that reconfigured the geometry of the game, forever, with their range and volume. —The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure