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

And the violent scenes aren’t grotesque or didactic — think of Miles’ muted trumpet sound reconfigured as resurrection visuals, of his ability to play and stage ballads so well that their uptempo momentum moves into territories too macabre to mute. —Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026

Within months, companies can shrink or expand their workforces, adopt innovative technologies, and reconfigure operations. —Robert Pearl, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026

Trump may hope for a similar outcome to what followed Maduro’s extraordinary rendition from Venezuela, with the once hostile regime in Caracas reconfiguring itself, under acting President Delcy Rodríguez, into a quasi-clientelistic arrangement with Washington. —Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026

The team, which also included garden designer AJ Canfield, studied Wright’s original plans in detail, comparing archival documents to a later update by architect John Powell, who bought the property in 1994—reconfiguring the kitchen and baths and opening up the den to the main living area. —Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure