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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Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls according to the principle of least privilege.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Users can configure VPNs, port forwarding, and other advanced security tools.
—PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Instead, its collections of qubits, once configured and initialized, are left to find their way to a ground energy state, which will correspond to a solution to a problem.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
The Mac Studio also now has Thunderbolt 5 connectors and can now be configured with as much as 512 gigabytes of memory and as much as 16 terabytes of storage option.
—Bloomberg News, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Users can configure VPNs, port forwarding, and other advanced security tools.
—PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Instead, its collections of qubits, once configured and initialized, are left to find their way to a ground energy state, which will correspond to a solution to a problem.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
The Mac Studio also now has Thunderbolt 5 connectors and can now be configured with as much as 512 gigabytes of memory and as much as 16 terabytes of storage option.
—Bloomberg News, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Configure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/configure. Accessed 21 Mar. 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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