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to transpose

to transpose

5 6.3
Move something to a different place, time, or situation
  • verb
  • /trænˈspoʊz/
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  • Member States will then have two years to transpose it into their respective national laws.

Man, I think I've, I've done this practice and I believe it because you got to find a way to transpose that because you have to be there for a year and a half.

Examples

  • Furthermore, the ladies' petition illustrates precolonial political activism transposed onto the colonial scene.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The village in the previous story, in contrast, connotes a timelessness transposed to the distant past.

    Academic text (1997)

  • So we could transpose this to the present, right?

  • Now, the ultimate way to do that is to find some medium where we can transpose knowledge across time and space.

  • You can't think in English and transpose it.

    Firefox (1982)

  • Act I, scene 3: Tannhauser, who has not left his position, finds himself suddenly transposed into a beautiful valley.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Data can easily be transposed to a set of standards and checked for inaccuracy.

    Blog text (16)

  • Our problems become much more interesting to look at when transposed into a world that is slightly dreamlike and slightly fantastical, with rules that might no longer apply to our lives.

    3:10 to Yuma (2007)

  • In the world of commerce, experientialism is transposed into advertising and selling: creating immediacies and offering satisfaction.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The artist decided to transpose the colors from her original painting to create a new version.

Synonyms

to transfer
vsto transpose
528 2.7

To move a person or thing to another place

includes changing context or time rather than just physical relocation
to reposition
vsto transpose
23 3.9

To move something to another place

emphasizes moving across contexts or times, not only physical position
to transplant
vsto transpose
14 4.2

To move someone, a plant, or an idea to a new place

focuses on changing context or period rather than replanting or resettling
to translocate
vsto transpose
  • Specialized
1 7.5

To move something from one part of a cell or body to another

means moving across contexts or times rather than within biological systems

Antonyms

to retain
236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

to stay put
  • Informal
133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Moved

to relocate
147 3.7
to transpose
5 6.3
transfer
355 3.2
move
167 1.0
shift
363 3.5

Surface Forms

transpose infinitive
transposed past
transposed past participle
transposing present participle
transposes third person singular

Morphology

transpose = pose (semi-transparent) = trans + pose

While the components 'trans-' and 'pose' are clear, the specific meaning of 'transfer to a different context' may not be immediately derived.

Etymology

Transpose comes from the parts trans- 'across' and ponere 'to put', the same root as position. So when historians or writers transpose a past event to the present, they are 'putting it across' into a new time or place.