Configuration - English meaning

noun

Arrangement in a straight line or in correct relative positions.

Usage examples:

The tiles had slipped out of alignment

noun

An arrangement in which two or more things are positioned in a straight line or parallel to each other

Usage examples:

In alignment this mattress supports the body in a way that keeps the neck and spine in alignment., …

noun

An agreement between a group of countries, political parties, or people who want to work together because of shared interests or aims

Usage examples:

New alignments are being formed within the business community.

noun

The way that someone or something looks.

Usage examples:

She checked her appearance in the mirror

noun

The way a person or thing looks or seems to other people

Usage examples:

The most striking feature of his appearance was his long hair., her only screen appearances were in…

noun

An occasion when someone appears in public

Usage examples:

It was his first appearance on television/television appearance as president., she will be making a…

noun

The action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged.

Usage examples:

The arrangement of the furniture in the room

noun

A plan for how the parts of a piece of music can be played by a particular instrument or instruments

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An arrangement for trumpet and cello, a flower arrangement, she had an arrangement to work at home …

noun

A plan or preparation for how something will happen

Usage examples:

Make an arrangement there wasn't enough time for him to make alternative arrangements., arrangement…

noun

An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.

Usage examples:

There is a vast array of literature on the topic

verb

Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him

noun

A large group of things or people, esp. when shown or positioned in an attractive way

Usage examples:

The airport shops offer a wide array of merchandise., a battery of cameras was arrayed before them.

noun

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

Usage examples:

He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb

The act of working out the form of something

noun

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

Usage examples:

Your sunny disposition has a way of rubbing off on those around you

noun

The particular type of character that a person naturally has

Usage examples:

She is of a nervous/cheerful/sunny disposition.

noun

A natural tendency to do something, or to have or develop something

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A disposition to deceive

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

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Cruciform

noun

The action of forming or process of being formed.

Usage examples:

The formation of the great rift valley

noun

A large area of rock that has characteristics different from the land surrounding it

Usage examples:

[ u ] they called for the formation of a committee to investigate corruption., [ c ] unusual cloud …

noun

The development or creation of a company, organization, etc.

Usage examples:

His company has made excellent progress since its formation three years ago., the arts center is co…

noun

The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources and political and economic activities.

Usage examples:

For a work of economic geography, there are few maps, and none of them is very detailed.

noun

The study of the systems and processes involved in the world's weather, mountains, seas, lakes, etc. and of the ways in which countries and people organize life within an area

noun

The way all the parts of an area are arranged within it

Usage examples:

The geography of australia

noun

A set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization.

Usage examples:

A grouping of trade union leaders

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

Several people or things when they have been arranged into a group or are being considered as a group

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Political groupings

noun

The way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out.

Usage examples:

The road layout

noun

The way something is designed or arranged

Usage examples:

His house has three bedrooms and ours has four, but otherwise the layout is much the same., each ar…

noun

The way that something is designed or arranged

Usage examples:

Building/room/street layout the building layout has three floors and eight bathrooms., dashboard/ke…

verb

Assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order.

Usage examples:

The general marshalled his troops

noun

An officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries.

Usage examples:

Marshal tito

noun

A federal or municipal law-enforcement officer.

Usage examples:

Federal marshals estimated that the birdmen, in violation of the migratory bird treaty act, killed …

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

noun

An authoritative command or instruction.

Usage examples:

He was not going to take orders from a mere administrator

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

Usage examples:

A research organization

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

Usage examples:

He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

Usage examples:

The distress call had given the ship's position

noun

A particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged.

Usage examples:

He moved himself into a reclining position

noun

The giving of something to someone, especially as part of a formal ceremony.

Usage examples:

The presentation of certificates to new members

The act of formally giving something, as a prize

noun

The act of giving or showing something, or the way in which something is given or shown

Usage examples:

[ c ] a multimedia presentation, [ c ] after the sales presentation, the board had a number of ques…

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

noun

A set of different things of the same general type.

Usage examples:

The area offers a wide range of activities for the tourist

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

verb

Arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type.

Usage examples:

The mail was sorted

noun

A category of things or people with a common feature; a type.

Usage examples:

If only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with

noun

The arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence.

Usage examples:

Both cache size and sort size affect memory usage, so you cannot maximize one without affecting the…