Overview of verb transpose

The verb transpose has 7 senses

• permute, commute, transpose -- (change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word")


• transfer, transpose, transplant -- (transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America")


• counterchange, transpose, interchange -- (cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size")


• transpose -- (transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality)


• transpose -- (put (a piece of music) into another key)


• commute, transpose -- (exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other")


• transpose -- (change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?")

Overview of adj transposed

The adj transposed has 1 sense

• converse, reversed, transposed -- (turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters")