transpose
verb (used with object)
to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange.
have transposed
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present perfectof transpose.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If the cable channel had balked again, Milch might have transposed the series to medieval England or 1940s Tijuana or on the planet Noo-Noo.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2010
I have transposed these, as obviously such an arrangement is better. p.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Montague Summers
To make comparison easy, I have transposed this Japanese koto-tuning into the same key as that of the song.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Fay-Cooper Cole
Ford, if he had tried to put his gloomy unrest into words, would have transposed his trouble and would have mistaken effect for cause.
From The Uphill Climb by B. M. Bower
His successors, however, have transposed the order of importance, and rank his two large volumes as the model, if not the inspirer, of many of our more recent earthquake monographs.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison
