configure

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UK/kənˈfɪɡə(ɹ)/Canada, US/kənˈfɪɡ(j)ɚ/New Zealand/kənˈfəɡə(ɹ)/

verb

To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

“Users may configure the settings to enhance their experience.”

OriginOld French configurer ← Latin configurare →
CommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

verbconfigure (third-person singular simple present configures, present participle configuring, simple past and past participle configured)

present singular third person configures · participle present configuring · participle past configured · past configured

  1. transitiveTo set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

    Users may configure the settings to enhance their experience.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
set up

Origin

  1. Latinconfigurare
  2. Old Frenchconfigurer
  3. Englishconfigure

From Old French configurer, from Latin configurare. See configurate.

More words from Old French, Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian конфигури́рам
  • конфигури́рам (konfiguríram)to set up or arrange something
Chinese Mandarin 配置, 設定 /设定
  • 配置 (pèizhì)to set up or arrange something
  • 設定 /设定 (shèdìng)to set up or arrange something
Danish konfigurere
  • konfigurereto set up or arrange something
Dutch configureren
  • configurerento set up or arrange something
Esperanto agordi
  • agordito set up or arrange something
Estonian seadma
  • seadmato set up or arrange something
Finnish määritellä, konfiguroida
  • määritelläto set up or arrange something
  • konfiguroidato set up or arrange something
French configurer
  • configurerto set up or arrange something
German konfigurieren
  • konfigurierento set up or arrange something
Greek διαμορφώνω, ρυθμίζω
  • διαμορφώνω (diamorfóno)to set up or arrange something
  • ρυθμίζω (rythmízo)to set up or arrange something
Hebrew תיצר, תִּצֵּר
  • תיצרto set up or arrange something
  • תִּצֵּר (titsér)to set up or arrange something
  • קִנְפֵג (kinfég)to set up or arrange something
Icelandic stilla
  • stillato set up or arrange something
Indonesian mengonfigurasikan
  • mengonfigurasikanto set up or arrange something
Irish cumrú
  • cumrúto set up or arrange something
Japanese 設定する
  • 設定する (settei suru)to set up or arrange something
Korean 설정하다
  • 설정하다 (seoljeong-hada)to set up or arrange something
Māori whirihora
  • whirihorato set up or arrange something
Norwegian konfigurer
  • konfigurerto set up or arrange something
Persian پیکراییدن
  • پیکراییدنto set up or arrange something
Portuguese configurar
  • configurarto set up or arrange something
Romanian configura
  • configurato set up or arrange something
Russian конфигури́ровать, сконфигури́ровать
  • конфигури́ровать (konfigurírovatʹ)to set up or arrange something
  • сконфигури́ровать (skonfigurírovatʹ)to set up or arrange something
Spanish configurar
  • configurarto set up or arrange something
Swedish konfigurera
  • konfigurerato set up or arrange something
Tagalog isaayos
  • isaayosto set up or arrange something
Thai ปรับแต่ง, ตั้งค่า
  • ปรับแต่งto set up or arrange something
  • ตั้งค่าto set up or arrange something
Turkish yapılandırmak
  • yapılandırmakto set up or arrange something
Vietnamese cài đặt
  • cài đặtto set up or arrange something

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with configure

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Cite this entry
APA

configure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/configure

MLA

“configure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/configure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “configure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/configure.

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