transpose
verb (used with object)
to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange.
transposes
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present tense formof transpose (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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These are the techniques that Mr. Lerner transposes to his novels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
The miracle of the painting is in the way Sargent transposes “there and then” into “here and now.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Open Fist Theatre Company transposes the action from ancient Greece to the pre-Civil War South in a provocative reimagining of Shakespeare’s sylvan fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
Omega Mart transposes the Pop Art critique of American consumer culture that was expressed in Claes Oldenburg’s “The Store” — a witty panorama of commercial products, staged in 1961 — to the realm of Minecraft.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2021
In the Third Part, as in the Second, however, he transposes scenes, gives deeper life to the marionettes, and in various ways quickens the dramatic interest.
From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris
