1. Move something into another position or exchange the positions of two things.
2. Move music to a different key while retaining the relationships between its notes.
3. Form a new matrix by turning each row into the corresponding column.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- transpose digits
- transpose two columns
On the page
The typist transposed two digits in the reference number.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- transpose
- Past tense
- transposed
- Past participle
- transposed
- Present participle
- transposing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- transpose
- Present continuous
- am/is/are transposing
- Present perfect
- have/has transposed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been transposing
- Past
- transposed
- Past continuous
- was/were transposing
- Past perfect
- had transposed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been transposing
- Future
- will transpose
- Future continuous
- will be transposing
- Future perfect
- will have transposed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been transposing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: transpose; transposes; transposed; transposed; transposing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: transposes.
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