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Definition of configure verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

configure

verb
 
/kənˈfɪɡə(r)/
 
/kənˈfɪɡjər/
[usually passive] (specialist)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they configure
 
/kənˈfɪɡə(r)/
 
/kənˈfɪɡjər/
he / she / it configures
 
/kənˈfɪɡəz/
 
/kənˈfɪɡjərz/
past simple configured
 
/kənˈfɪɡəd/
 
/kənˈfɪɡjərd/
past participle configured
 
/kənˈfɪɡəd/
 
/kənˈfɪɡjərd/
-ing form configuring
 
/kənˈfɪɡərɪŋ/
 
/kənˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/
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  1. configure something to arrange something in a particular way, especially computer equipment; to make equipment or software work in the way that the user prefers
    • We need to configure the new system and reassign users and data.
    Topics Computersc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConfigure is used with these nouns as the object:
    • modem
    • module
    • printer
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin configurare ‘shape after a pattern’, from con- ‘together’ + figurare ‘to shape’ (from figura ‘shape or figure’).
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