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configure

verb
verb
BrE BrE//kənˈfɪɡə(r)//
; NAmE NAmE//kənˈfɪɡjər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they configure
BrE BrE//kənˈfɪɡə(r)//
; NAmE NAmE//kənˈfɪɡjər//
 he / she / it configures
BrE BrE//kənˈfɪɡəz//
; NAmE NAmE//kənˈfɪɡjərz//
 past simple configured
BrE BrE//kənˈfɪɡəd//
; NAmE NAmE//kənˈfɪɡjərd//
 past participle configured
BrE BrE//kənˈfɪɡəd//
; NAmE NAmE//kənˈfɪɡjərd//
 -ing form configuring
BrE BrE//kənˈfɪɡərɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//kənˈfɪɡjərɪŋ//
 Computer software
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[usually passive] configure something (specialist) to arrange something in a particular way, especially computer equipment; to make equipment or software work in the way that the user prefers Wordfindersoftwareanimation, application, authoring, beta version, configure, demo, install, interactive, software, spreadsheet Oxford Collocations DictionaryConfigure is used with these nouns as the object: modem, module, printer, … See full entry See related entries: Computer software 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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