transpose
transpose is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To change; to transform; to invert. [R.] Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Shak.
- 2.(Alg.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.
- 3.(Gram.) To change the natural order of, as words.
- 4.(Mus.) To change the key of.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- anastrophe
- and
- before
- bottom
- capsize
- cart
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrary
- down
- eversion
- head
- heavy
- horse
- hypallage
- hyperbaton
- inside
- introversion
- introvert
- inverse
- inversely
- inversion
- invert
- inverted
- keel
- metastasis
- metathesis
- opposite
- out
- over
- overturn
- palindrome
- parenthesis
- pirouette
- pronation
- put
- retroversion
- retrovert
- reversal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is transpose.
- What is to change; to transform; to invert. [R.] Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Shak called?
- What is to bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed called?
- What is to change the natural order of, as words called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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