configuration

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /kənˌfɪɡ.jəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/ UK /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #23473

Meanings

1

noun
The way the parts of something are arranged or put together.

The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.
2

noun
The way a computer system or software is set up to suit its users.

The software requires a specific configuration to run properly.
3

noun
The overall shape or form of something, defined by its outline.

The strange configuration of the coastline made the map hard to read.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the way the parts of... arrangement setup layout

3 noun · the overall shape or form... shape form

Word family

Forms configurations

Derived forms autoconfigurationconfigurationalconfigurationismdeconfigurationmicroconfigurationmisconfigurationmulticonfigurationnanoconfigurationpreconfigurationreconfigurationsubconfiguration

Related forms configuratorconfigure

Etymology

From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation.

configuration Middle French cōnfigūrātiō Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# configuration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˌfɪɡ.jəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 23473

## Meanings
1. The way the parts of something are arranged or put together.
2. The way a computer system or software is set up to suit its users.
3. The overall shape or form of something, defined by its outline.

## Examples
- The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.
- The software requires a specific configuration to run properly.
- The strange configuration of the coastline made the map hard to read.

## Derived Forms
- autoconfiguration
- configurational
- configurationism
- deconfiguration
- microconfiguration
- misconfiguration
- multiconfiguration
- nanoconfiguration
- preconfiguration
- reconfiguration
- subconfiguration

## Related Forms
- configurator
- configure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: configuration
- Root: cōnfigūrātiō

## Etymology
From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Configuration is from Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include configuration (Middle French) and cōnfigūrātiō (Latin). Current senses include the way the parts of something are arranged or put together, the way a computer system or software is set up to suit its users, and the overall shape or form of something, defined by its outline. The wider family includes derived forms such as autoconfiguration, configurational, configurationism, deconfiguration, and microconfiguration and related words such as configurator and configure.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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