{
    "term": "configuration",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an arrangement of the parts of something or a group of things; the form or shape that this arrangement produces",
            "sensetop": "configuration of somethingin a configuration",
            "labels": "(formal or specialist)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The design is based on four configurations of squares.",
                    "contextForm": "configuration of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a changing configuration of lights coming from the stadium."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stars seemed to appear in a different configuration.",
                    "contextForm": "in a configuration"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the equipment and programs that form a computer system and the way that these are set up to run",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/configuration/xconfiguration__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˌfɪɡjəˈreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/configuration/xconfiguration__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (denoting the relative position of celestial objects): from late Latin configuratio(n-), from Latin configurare ‘shape after a pattern’, from con- ‘together’ + figurare ‘to shape’."
}