reconfigure
verb[T]
(alsore-configure)uk/ˌriː.kənˈfɪɡ.ər/us/ˌriː.kənˈfɪɡ.jɚ/toarrangeor put together something in a new or different way:
Thearchitectsaid they could reconfigure thetrackto have eightsprintlanesinsteadof six.
One of the boat'senginesisactuallya reconfiguredaircraftengine.
Schools may need to be re-configured, withjuniorschoolsaddingmoreclassrooms.
computingspecialized
toarrangeacomputersystemor apieceofsoftwarein a new or different way:
Theyrequireusersto reconfiguretheirWebbrowsingsoftware.
I have reconfigured thecommentssettingson myblog.
- They have alsopromisedto reconfigurerefineriestoproducemorediesel.
- Thecompanyhas reconfigureditsschoolpizzatomeetnewnutritionalrequirements.
- He called onlendersto re-configuresubprimemortgagestohelppeopleavoidlosingtheirhomes.
- We’ve reconfigured thesiteso you canprintanypageindividually.
- My harddrivewas reconfiguredautomaticallyand all thesoftwarewasinstalled.
Adapting and modifying
- acclimate
- acclimation
- acclimatization
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- ambidextrous
- amendment
- chameleon
- change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom
- configure
- counter-adaptation
- pliancy
- pliant
- pliantly
- putsomethingback
- putsomething/someoneforward
- unadapted
- unamended
- writesomeoneout ofsomething
- Zelig
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