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transposeto change the position or order of two or more things

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to change the position or order of two or more things

Pronunciation (IPA): /trænzˈpoʊz/

Korean meaning: 위치나 순서를 바꾸다, 전치하다

Korean pronunciation: 트랜즈**포**즈

Example Sentences

  • My cat somehow learned to transpose the letters in 'food' to spell 'good' when begging for treats.
  • The Excel function allows you to transpose rows into columns easily.
  • She had to transpose the wedding song because the groom could only sing in a lower key... very low.

transpose

VERB

//trænzˈpoʊz//

to change the position or order of two or more things

transpose concept
💡 Concept

Switching the order of tasks

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transpose rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Transpose notes to compose, then expose the beautiful melody!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/trænzˈpoʊz/
🇬🇧 UK/trænzˈpəʊz/

🌳Etymology

Prefixtrans--
Rootpose

Origin

라틴어에서 온 단어로, 'trans(건너서)'와 'ponere(놓다)'가 결합된 형태입니다. 즉 '건너편에 놓다' → '위치를 바꾸다'라는 의미로 발전했습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

composeproposeexposesuppose
compose
propose
expose
suppose

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cat somehow learned to transpose the letters in 'food' to spell 'good' when begging for treats.

The Excel function allows you to transpose rows into columns easily.

😄 Fun example

She had to transpose the wedding song because the groom could only sing in a lower key... very low.

In mathematics, when you transpose a matrix, you switch its rows and columns.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

rearrangeswitchinterchangereorderinvert

Antonyms

maintainpreservekeep

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transformtransfertranslatepositionarrangement