reconfigure

verb

re·​con·​fig·​ure (ˌ)rē-kən-ˈfi-gyər 

 especially British  -ˈfi-gə

reconfigured; reconfiguring; reconfigures

transitive verb

: to rearrange (something) into an altered form, figure, shape, or layout : to configure (something) again or in a new way

Back in the business end of the airplane, built-in features allow the single loadmaster to reconfigure the cargo bay for different types of loads in under an hour in flight.

—Richard DeMeis

Neuroimaging suggested that his brain had essentially reconfigured itself—surviving neurons bypassed dead ones and forged new connections to one another.

—Jeneen Interlandi

Examples of reconfigure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The mainspring barrel was reconfigured into a flying arrangement to reduce the mass of the top bridge. —Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025

American inventor Thomas Edison even reportedly pushed forward an idea to reconfigure ships to look like floating islands lush with foliage. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025

The shift from fossil fuels to renewables is an example of industries reconfiguring themselves to align with long-term viability. —Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025

In an independent film marketplace being continuously reconfigured as traditional audience patterns and business models are upended, Gathr is aiming to remove the barrier between storyteller and audience. —Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure