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Cause to change places.

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Used as a verb, listen here, it means: Cause to change places. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to form and dignity.
  • Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
  • Can you transpose this fugue into G major?
  • He explained that it would not be possible to "transpose" Obama's response to the EU.
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