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k-uh-n-fig-uh-RAYSHUN/kənˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃn/

A configuration is how parts are arranged: the default configuration, a seating configuration. Configure is the verb. Settings is the everyday software word. Figure is a number or diagram — related root, different use.

Meaning

The particular arrangement of the parts of something.

Examples

• “The default configuration of the software was confusing.”
• “Change the printer configuration before the next batch.”
• “The hall’s configuration suited lectures, not group work.”

Good to know

a configuration / configure the system. Everyday software: settings.

Near in meaning

arrangement

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