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- DictionaryTrans·pose/tran(t)ˈspōz/
verb
- 1. cause (two or more things) to change places with each other: "the captions describing the two state flowers were accidentally transposed"
- 2. transfer to a different place or context: "the problems of civilization are transposed into a rustic setting"
noun
- 1. a matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column: "the new matrix is called the transpose of A"
transpose. verb [ T ] us / trænˈspoʊz / uk / trænˈspəʊz / Add to word list. formal. to change something from one position to another, or to exchange the positions of two things: In their latest production they have reworked "King Lear," transposing it to pre-colonial Africa.
In math, to transpose is to move something from one side of an equation to another. In the equation x + 3 = 2y, you can solve for x by transposing the 3 to the other side of the equation, which will change its sign and give you x = 2y - 3. Definitions of transpose. verb. change the order or arrangement of.
5 days ago · 1. verb. If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there. The director transposes the action from 16th Century France to post-Civil War America. [V n from n to n] He has taken the idea of skiing, and transposed it to a Cornish beach, with surfing. [VERB noun to noun] [ Also VERB noun]
1. ( tr) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order. 2. (Music, other) music. a. to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended. b. to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch. 3.
Transpose definition, to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word. See more.
To transfer or shift; now, specif., to change the usual, normal, relative, or respective order or position of; interchange. Inadvertently transposed the e and the i in “weird” Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To transfer (an algebraic term) from one side of an equation to the other, reversing the plus or minus value. Webster's New World.
transpose something (music) to write or play a piece of music or a series of notes in a different key. Definition of transpose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
