transpose

transpose is a 9-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.
2. transitive verb. To change; to transform; to invert.
3. transitive verb. To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.
4. transitive verb. To change the natural order of, as words.
5. transitive verb. To change the key of.
6. noun. a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
7. verb. cause to change places

   "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"

   Synonyms: counterchange, interchange

8. verb. change the order or arrangement of

   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

   Synonyms: commute, permute

9. verb. change key

   "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"

10. verb. exchange positions without a change in value

    "These operators commute with each other"

    Synonyms: commute

11. verb. transfer from one place or period to another

    "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

    Synonyms: transfer, transplant

12. verb. put (a piece of music) into another key
13. verb. transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality

Synonyms

counterchange, interchange, commute, permute, transfer, transplant

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in transpose:

patroness

Common word forms

transposed, transposer, transposes, transposing

Words from these letters

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