1. Change the order or arrangement of
   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word";
   - permute, commute, permutate [rare]
    
2. Cause to change places
   "The magician transposed the objects in a blink of an eye";
   - counterchange, interchange
    
3. Change the setting from one place or period to another
   "The ancient Greek story was transposed into Modern America";
   - transfer, transplant
    
4. (music) put (a piece of music) into another key
   "The pianist transposed the song to better suit the singer's range"
    
5. Change key
   "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
    
6. (mathematics) exchange positions without a change in value
   "These operators transpose with each other";
   - commute
    
7. Transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
   "To solve for x, we need to transpose the y term to the other side"

1. A matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
   "The student calculated the transpose of the matrix as part of the linear algebra problem"

Derived forms: transposed, transposes, transposing

Type of: alter, arrange, change, matrix, modify, reverse, set, shift, transfer, turn

Encyclopedia: Transpose