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Word: Transpose
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘transform, convert’): from Old French transposer, from trans- ‘across’ + poser ‘to place’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
trɑːnˈspəʊz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
cause (two or more things) to exchange places
Short Definition:cause two or more things to exchange places
Examples:- the situation might have been the same if the parties in opposition and government had been transposed
Definition:
transfer to a different place or context
Short Definition:transfer to different place or context
Examples:- an evacuation order transposed the school from Kent to Shropshire
- the themes are transposed from the sphere of love to that of work
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