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Word: Permutation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter’): via Old French from Latin permutatio(n-), from the verb permutare ‘change completely’ (see permute)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpəːmjʊˈteɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
each of several possible ways in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged
Short Definition:each of several possible ways in which set or number of things can be ordered
Examples:- his thoughts raced ahead to fifty different permutations of what he must do
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