- 1transpose something (formal) to change the order of two or more things synonym reverse Two letters were accidentally transposed and “gun” got printed as “gnu.”
- 2transpose something (from something) (to something) (formal) to move or change something to a different place or environment or into a different form synonym transfer The director transposes Shakespeare's play from 16th century Venice to present-day California.
- 3transpose something (music) to write or play a piece of music or a series of notes in a different key
transpose
verbNAmE//trænsˈpoʊz//
[often passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they transpose he / she / it transposes
past simple transposed
-ing form transposing
NAmE//ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃn//
noun [countable, uncountable]See transpose in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: transpose