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

Though Trump says his tariffs are intended to bolster U.S. auto manufacturing, automakers aren’t able to reconfigure their sourcing in short periods of time, experts say. —Alexa St. John, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025

The automaker discontinued a few features—OnStar Remote Access is no longer free for the first three years—and reconfigured some of the equipment packages. —Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

In addition, a roughly 1-mile stretch of Rosecrans Street, between the Old Town Transit Center and Kurtz Street, will be reconfigured from a four-lane road to a two-lane road with a center left-turn lane, bus-only lanes and a two-way, separated bikeway and sidewalk. —Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025

Architect and designer Dee Dee Taylor Eustace of Taylor Hannah Architect Inc. reconfigured the oceanfront home in The Bahamas for her own family and dubbed it the DBG House. —Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconfigure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• figure