Configuration
Configuration noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.
Usage example: a small business computer system in its simplest configuration
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Synonyms for Configuration
Formation is a synonym for configuration in shape topic. In some cases you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Configuration".
Nearby Words: configure, configured, configurable, configuring, configurator
Formation
Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.
Usage example: geese flying south in a V-formation
Configuration is a synonym for formation in arrangement topic. You can use "Configuration" instead a noun "Formation", if it concerns topics such as composition.
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Related pairs
- disposition and configuration
- disposition and formation
- construction and configuration
- construction and formation
- array and configuration
- array and formation
- order and configuration
- order and formation
- constitution and configuration
- constitution and formation
- organization and configuration
- organization and formation
- form and configuration
- form and formation
How words are described
| preferred | preferred configuration | preferred formation |
| special | special configuration | special formation |
| similar | similar configuration | similar formation |
| common | common configuration | common formation |
| Other adjectives: specific, certain, stable, standard, original, initial, proper, single, actual, dense, new, early, classic, alternate, strange, basic, last, different, giant, stellar. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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It should be noted that the shoulders/arms of this formation are legs in an alternate configuration.
Source: Vertical Mecha Fins
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