transpose

1. 1.

   change the order or arrangement of

   “Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word”

   Synonymspermutecommute

   Broaderchange by reversal

   Narrowermap
2. 2.

   transfer from one place or period to another

   “The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America”

   Synonymstransfertransplant

   Broadershift
3. 3.

   cause to change places

   “interchange this screw for one of a smaller size”

   Synonymscounterchangeinterchange

   Broaderchange
4. 4.

   transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality

   Broadertransfer
5. 5.

   put (a piece of music) into another key

   Broaderarrange

   music

6. 6.

   exchange positions without a change in value

   “These operators commute with each other”

   Synonymscommute

   Broaderchange

   mathematics

7. 7.

   change key

   “Can you transpose this fugue into G major?”

   Broaderchange

1. 1.

   a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

   Broadermatrix

Other forms of transpose

plural

transposes·

past tense

transposed·

present participle

transposing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transpose

What does transpose mean?

transpose means "change the order or arrangement of". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transpose?

transpose has 2 syllables: tran-spose. The stress falls on "spose". In IPA it is /tɹænˈspoʊz/.

What is another word for transpose?

Close synonyms include permute, commute, transfer, transplant, counterchange. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transpose a common word?

transpose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with transpose?

4 words rhyme with transpose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.