Word.ws English Dictionary

permute

/pə(ɹ)ˈmjuːt/

permute verb: to change the order of.

Verb

permute (third-person singular simple present permutes, present participle permuting, simple past and past participle permuted)

  1. (transitive) To change the order of.
    • to permute the data
    Synonyms:
    permutate
  2. (transitive) To make a permutation of.

permute meaning in Tamil

permute in Tamil

வரிசைமாற்று

Synonyms of permute

Forms of permute

third-person singular presentpermutes
present participlepermuting
past participlepermuted
pastpermuted

Origin of permute

From Middle English permuten, from Old French permuter, from Latin permūtāre.

Words formed from permute

Questions about permute

What does permute mean?
Permute means to change the order of.
What is permute in Tamil?
Permute in Tamil is வரிசைமாற்று. See Permute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is permute?
Permute is a verb.
How do you pronounce permute?
Permute is pronounced /pə(ɹ)ˈmjuːt/.
What is the past tense of permute?
The past tense of permute is permuted.

Words near permute in the dictionary

  1. permutatively
  2. permutativity
  3. permutator
  4. permutators
  5. permutatory
  6. permute
  7. permuted
  8. permuter
  9. permuters
  10. permutes
  11. permuting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: permute (page history and authors); permute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-permute.wav.

Cite this entry: “permute.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/permute. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.