configure
verb[T]
uk/kənˈfɪɡ.ər/us/kənˈfɪɡ.jɚ/toarrangesomething or putitspartstogether in aparticularformorarrangement:
Onlinebuyerscanbuildtheirownversionof thecar: many of the company'scustomersconfiguretheirownvehicles.
Themarinesusedspeciallyconfiguredsubmarines.
computingspecialized
toarrangeor makechangesto acomputersystem, apieceofcomputerequipmentorsoftware, etc. to make itableto do aparticulartaskorworkin aparticularway:
It used to takedaystoinstalland configure aserver, and now it can be done inminutes.
Check that thedeviceispresenton thesystemand is configuredcorrectly.
After I configured mylaptoptostartup from theCD-ROMdriveratherthan the harddrive, theinstallationwentsmoothly.
- Clients can configure theroomsfor one or twopeople, but they can'talterthebasicroomsize.
- Ilovedthe way he configured theexhibits, setting upunexpectedvisualconnectionsbetween thepiecesin eachroom.
- Configuring mylaptoptoaccesstheinternetthrough the DSLconnectionwassimple.
- Selectyourmain.pstfile(outlook.pst,unlessyou have configured Outlook to use afilewith a differentname).
- Mostsocialmediaaccountsare configured tosendanotificationwhen a newfollowerisadded.
Adapting and modifying
- acclimate
- acclimation
- acclimatization
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- ambidextrous
- amendment
- chameleon
- change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom
- counter-adaptation
- flex
- pliant
- pliantly
- putsomethingback
- putsomething/someoneforward
- reacclimatize
- unadapted
- unamended
- writesomeoneout ofsomething
- Zelig
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