transposed


From the verb transpose: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
trans•pose /trænsˈpoʊz/USA pronunciation   v., -posed, -pos•ing. 
  1. to change or reverse the relative position of; interchange:[+ object]to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
  2. Music and Danceto write or perform (a musical composition) in a different key: [+ object]to transpose the song so she could sing it more easily.[no object]He could transpose at sight.
trans•po•si•tion /ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]: transpositions of letters to make up a code.[uncountable]: the use of transposition in building a code.See -pos-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
trans•pose  (v. trans pōz;n. transpōz),USA pronunciation v., -posed, -pos•ing, n. 
v.t. 
    1. to change the relative position, order, or sequence of;
      cause to change places;
      interchange:to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
    2. to transfer or transport.
    3. [Algebra.]to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.
    4. Mathematics(of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.
    5. [Music.]to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
    6. to transform;
      transmute.

    v.i. 
    1. to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written:to transpose at sight.

    n. 
    1. [Math.]a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
    • Middle French transposer. See trans-, pose1
    • Middle English transposen to transmute 1350–1400
    trans•pos a•ble, adj. 
    trans•pos′a•bil i•ty, n. 
    trans•pos er, n. 
      1. 5. rearrange. 3. invert.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
transpose /trænsˈpəʊz/ vb
  1. (transitive) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
    • to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
    • to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch
  2. (transitive) to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French transposer, from Latin transpōnere to remove, from trans- + pōnere to placetransˈposable adj transˈposal n transˈposer n
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