configure
verb
con·fig·ure
kən-ˈfi-gyər 
especially British -ˈfi-gə
configured; configuring
: to set up for operation especially in a particular way
a fighter plane configured for the Malaysian air force
Examples of configure in a Sentence
The instructions tell you how to configure the kit correctly.
The plane is configured for military use.
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It can be configured either as an ISR – ‘Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance’ -- scout drone, or as a bomber with the addition of a Munition Integration Module.
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Because the two fans that are mounted to its power supply bay are reverse-flow models, air flows upward, through and around the graphics card, toward our CPU cooler, which is also configured to flow upward.
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The cabin, which features the inverse of the exterior color scheme, may be configured the same way as any other current-gen 911 convertible, but the decoration is entirely unique.
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Those engineers work on and configure the machines that take the sophisticated designs from Apple, which come in the form of computer files, and transform them into physical objects.
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Because the two fans that are mounted to its power supply bay are reverse-flow models, air flows upward, through and around the graphics card, toward our CPU cooler, which is also configured to flow upward.
—PC Magazine, 1 May 2025
The cabin, which features the inverse of the exterior color scheme, may be configured the same way as any other current-gen 911 convertible, but the decoration is entirely unique.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2025
Those engineers work on and configure the machines that take the sophisticated designs from Apple, which come in the form of computer files, and transform them into physical objects.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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configure
verb
con·fig·ure
kən-ˈfig-yər
configured; configuring
: to set up for operation especially in a particular way
ships configured for observation
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