transpose

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

transpose UK [trænˈspəʊz] US [-ˈspoʊz] verb transitive [ transposes transposing transposed ]
1. formal to change something from one position to another, or to exchange the positions of two things
• In their latest production they have reworked 'King Lear', transposing it to pre-colonial Africa.
• The confusion was caused when two numbers were accidentally transposed by a Social Security clerk.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Placing and positioning an object
2. specialized to play or write a piece of music in a different key (= set of musical notes based on a particular note) from the one used originally
• The pianist transposed the song into C.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Playing music ↑Singing in general ↑Writing, reading and studying music
Derived: transposition

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  commute, counterchange, interchange, transfer, transplant, permute