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Adjective transposed has 1 sense
- converse, reversed, transposed - turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"
Antonym: forward (indirect, via backward)
Verb transpose has 7 senses
- permute, commute, transpose - change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
--1 is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- transfer, transpose, transplant - transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
--2 is one way to shift
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- counterchange, transpose, interchange - cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- transpose - transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
--4 is one way to transfer, shift
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- transpose - put (a piece of music) into another key
--5 is one way to arrange, set
Sample sentence:
Did he transpose his major works over a short period of time?
- commute, transpose - transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators commute with each other"
--6 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- transpose - change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
--7 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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