transpose
UK/tɹænsˈpəʊz//tɹænsˈpoʊz/
transpose verb: to reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
Verb
transpose (third-person singular simple present transposes, present participle transposing, simple past and past participle transposed)
- To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
- Synonyms:
- exchange
- To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.
- To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
- To rearrange elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
- To reverse the direction of every edge of (a graph).
- To give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.
- To reach a position that may also be obtained from a different move order.
- After e6, the opening transposed to a Sicilian.
Adjective
transpose (not comparable)
Noun (1)
transpose (plural transposes)
- The matrix derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
- A graph whose every edge has had its direction reversed.
Noun (2)
US/ˈtɹænzpoʊz/UK/ˈtɹɑːnspəʊz/
transpose (plural transposes)
transpose meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
transpose in Tamil
- இடமாற்று, இடமாற்றம்
transpose in Urdu
- بدلنا, منتقل کرنا, الٹنا
transpose in Malayalam
- പക്ഷാന്തരം, നിലമാറ്റുക, ക്രമം തെറ്റിക്കുക, മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കുക
transpose in Kannada
- ಮಾರು, ಅದಲು ಬದಲು ಮಾಡು, ತಿದ್ದಿ ಬರೆ, ಮರುಬರೆ
Examples of transpose in a sentence
- The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
- Trumpet is a transposing instrument while trombone is not.
- The findings lead to an extension of the antidegradability region for qubit and qutrit transpose depolarizing channels.
Synonyms of transpose
Forms of transpose
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | transposes |
| present participle | transposing |
| past participle | transposed |
| past | transposed |
| Noun | |
| plural | transposes |
Origin of transpose
From Middle English transposen, from Old French transposer, from Latin trānspositus, perfect passive participle of trānspōnō (“to put across”), from trāns (“across”) + pōnō (“to put”).
From the verb.
Words formed from transpose
Phrases with transpose
Words that rhyme with transpose
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
- joes
Questions about transpose
- What does transpose mean?
- Transpose means to reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
- What is transpose in Tamil?
- Transpose in Tamil is இடமாற்று, இடமாற்றம். See Transpose meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is transpose?
- Transpose can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce transpose?
- Transpose is pronounced /tɹænsˈpəʊz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of transpose?
- The past tense of transpose is transposed.
Words near transpose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: transpose (page history and authors); transpose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transpose (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transpose (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transpose (Kannada 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.
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