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CONFIGURE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they configure ... he / she / it configures
Past simple: configured
-ing form: configuring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set up for a particular purpose
Example:
configure a plane for a combat mission
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "configure" is one way to...):
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
configuration (an arrangement of parts or elements)