Definitions for transpose

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transpose trans·pose

Spelling: [verb trans-pohz; noun trans-pohz]

IPA: /verb trænsˈpoʊz; noun ˈtræns poʊz/

Transpose is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 845 anagrams from letters in transpose (aenoprsst).

Definitions for transpose

noun

1. Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.

verb (used with object)

1. to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange:
2. to transfer or transport.
3. Algebra. to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.
4. Mathematics. (of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.
5. Music. to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
6. to transform; transmute.

verb (used without object)

1. to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written:

Origin of transpose

1350-1400; Middle English transposen to transmute Middle French transposer. See trans-, pose¹

Examples for transpose

Do not transpose letters; place each letter where it belongs.

"We could just transpose the whole area," Charles suggested.

These discs, titled Miracle, transpose the invisible concept of ālaya into a tangible object.

I know all about you girls who play, sing, transpose and compose.

We might also transpose, but, I think, with a loss of force.

Substitute Roman figures for the Arabic numerals, and transpose the letters.

To transpose a quantity from one side of an equation to another is to place it across.

But I can transpose to any of the copies of my portrait, anywhere.

transpose it into platinum or uranium—anything good and heavy.

See whether you can transpose these suggestions into the terms of your problem.