configuration

Other forms of configuration

plural

configurations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about configuration

What does configuration mean?

configuration means "an arrangement of parts or elements". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in configuration?

configuration has 5 syllables: con-fig-u-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /kənˌfɪɡjɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for configuration?

Close synonyms include constellation, shape, form, contour, conformation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is configuration a common word?

configuration is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with configuration?

133 words rhyme with configuration. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.