permutation

permutation is a 11-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.
2. noun. The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4.
3. noun. Any one of such possible arrangements.
4. noun. Barter; exchange.
5. noun. act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group
6. noun. complete change in character or condition- Henry Miller

   "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"

7. noun. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
8. noun. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

   "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

   Synonyms: replacement, substitution, switch, transposition

Synonyms

replacement, substitution, switch, transposition

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in permutation:

importunate

Common word forms

permutations, permutational

Words from these letters

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