permute
Americanverb (used with object)
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to alter; change.
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Mathematics. to subject to permutation.
verb
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to change the sequence of
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maths to subject to permutation
Other Word Forms
- permutability noun
- permutable adjective
- permutableness noun
- permutably adverb
- permuter noun
Etymology
Origin of permute
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin permūtāre to change throughout. See per-, mutate
Example Sentences
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The stories collected here begin realistically enough, then permute into hallucinatory tales, as grim as anything in Grimm, but also grimly funny.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2015
Pen in hand, I arrange, permute and combine.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
V. interchange, exchange, counterchange†; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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