to configure
- verb
- /kənˈfɪɡjʊr/
- After purchasing the new router, I had to configure the settings before it would work properly.
- configure a system
- configure a computer
- configured automatically
Yeah, this space is currently being configured.
- Yeah, this space is currently being configured.
- So we have substances and then we have, you might say modalities or or you know, ways in which that substance is configured.
- is dealing with it. Yeah, if you configure your life so that what you are genuinely doing is aiming at the highest possible good,
- And it turns out now, naturally, because you have more terminal pairs, there's many more ways you can configure things, right?
- And basically it was configured to explode, detonate this thing after a specific message was sent to the pager.
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Just think of the power of having consumers realize that they can configure what they want.
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This is also a good time to configure your m.two RAID.
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Help me configure the engine.
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We'll need an extra day to configure the weapon, then it's all yours.
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Attach and configure a transceiver to the top.
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The data acquisition system was configured to record three channels of data simultaneously.
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The experimental task was completed using personal computers, configured in a laboratory environment.
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Can we configure our instrument to pick up a low-frequency RF scan?
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Often external software or "helper applications" need to be configured to your web browser for complete functionality.
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The unit has a variety of applications, and the remote controller can be configured using Emerson's Roclink 800 software.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
To assemble and prepare equipment or objects so they are ready to use
To prepare something for use or an event
To change the settings of a program or device
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word configure comes from the parts con- meaning 'together' and figura meaning 'shape', and it is like the English word figure, which is a shape or form. So, to configure something is to 'shape together' its parts, that is, to arrange or set it up for a particular use.