Transpose Definition
trăns-pōz
transposed, transposes, transposing
verb
transposed, transposes, transposing
To transfer or shift; now, specif., to change the usual, normal, relative, or respective order or position of; interchange.
Inadvertently transposed the e and the i in “weird”
Webster's New World
To transfer (an algebraic term) from one side of an equation to the other, reversing the plus or minus value.
Webster's New World
To rewrite or play (a musical composition) in a different key or at another pitch level.
Webster's New World
To play music in a key or at a pitch level different from the one in which it is written.
Webster's New World
To render into another language.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
noun
transposes
A matrix obtained by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix.
Webster's New World
adjective
Other Word Forms of Transpose
Noun
Singular:
transpose
Plural:
transposesOrigin of Transpose
-
Middle English transposen to transform from Old French transposer alteration (influenced by poser to put, place) of Latin trānspōnere to transfer trāns- trans- pōnere to place apo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
-
From French, from Latin perfect passive participle transpositus, from transponere, to put across, from trans, across, and ponere, to put
From Wiktionary
From the verb.
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to transpose using the buttons below.