transpose
verb/trænˈspəʊz/
/trænˈspəʊz/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transpose | /trænˈspəʊz/ /trænˈspəʊz/ |
| he / she / it transposes | /trænˈspəʊzɪz/ /trænˈspəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple transposed | /trænˈspəʊzd/ /trænˈspəʊzd/ |
| past participle transposed | /trænˈspəʊzd/ /trænˈspəʊzd/ |
| -ing form transposing | /trænˈspəʊzɪŋ/ /trænˈspəʊzɪŋ/ |
- transpose something (formal) to change the order of two or more things synonym reverse
- Two letters were accidentally transposed and ‘gun’ got printed as ‘gnu’.
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- transpose 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 England.
- transpose something (music) to write or play a piece of music or a series of notes in a different key
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘transform, convert’): from Old French transposer, from trans- ‘across’ + poser ‘to place’.
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