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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•pose /trænsˈpoʊz/USA pronunciation v., -posed, -pos•ing. - to change or reverse the relative position of; interchange:[~ + object]to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- Music and Danceto write or perform (a musical composition) in a different key: [~ + object]to transpose the song so she could sing it more easily.[no object]He could transpose at sight.
trans•po•si•tion /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]: transpositions of letters to make up a code.[uncountable]: the use of transposition in building a code.See -pos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•pose (v. trans pōz′;n. trans′pōz),USA pronunciation v., -posed, -pos•ing, n. v.t. - to change the relative position, order, or sequence of;
cause to change places; interchange:to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word. - to transfer or transport.
- [Algebra.]to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.
- Mathematics(of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.
- [Music.]to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
- to transform;
transmute.
v.i. - to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written:to transpose at sight.
n. - [Math.]a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
- Middle French transposer. See trans-, pose1
- Middle English transposen to transmute 1350–1400
trans•pos ′a•ble, adj. trans•pos′a•bil ′i•ty, n. trans•pos ′er, n. - 1, 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rearrange.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged invert.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transpose /trænsˈpəʊz/ vb - (transitive) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
- to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
- to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch
- (transitive) to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French transposer, from Latin transpōnere to remove, from trans- + pōnere to placetransˈposable adj transˈposal n transˈposer n |