Transposed - English meaning

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

verb

Change the form, character, or function of something.

Usage examples:

Modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one

noun

A person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other belief.

Usage examples:

He is a recent convert to the church

verb

To change the character, appearance, or operation of something

Usage examples:

[ t ] we converted our oil furnace to gas to save money., [ i ] most of the families in the communi…

verb

Take over the place, position, or role of.

Usage examples:

He believes that books may be displaced by the electronic word

verb

To force something or someone out of its usual or original place

Usage examples:

A major government offensive against rebel groups threatens to displace large numbers of people.

verb

To force something out of its usual or original position

Usage examples:

The blow displaced the woman's eardrum and left her partially deaf.

noun

An act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return.

Usage examples:

Negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace

verb

Short for telephone exchange.

verb

To change something for something else of a similar value or type

Usage examples:

This shirt is too small – can i exchange it for one in a larger size?, before we left the meeting, …

verb

(of two or more people) exchange (things) with each other.

Usage examples:

Superior and subordinates freely interchange information

noun

The action of interchanging people or things.

Usage examples:

The interchange of ideas

verb

Cause to change places

verb

Put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement.

Usage examples:

Invert the mousse on to a serving plate

noun

An arch constructed in an upside-down position to provide lateral support, e.g. in a tunnel.

noun

Short for invertebrate.

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

verb

Change the position of.

Usage examples:

She rearranged her skirt as she sat back in her chair

verb

To change the order, position, or time of arrangements already made

Usage examples:

Our bedrooms are so small we can’t rearrange the furniture., [ c ] there was a last-minute rearrang…

verb

Move to a new place and establish one's home or business there.

Usage examples:

Sixty workers could face redundancy because the firm is relocating

verb

To move to a new place

Usage examples:

[ i ] the company will relocate, but a new home has not been chosen yet., big contracts make the re…

verb

To move to a different place to work, or to be moved to a different place to work

Usage examples:

Many businesses in the region have closed or relocated abroad., relocate (sb/sth) to/from/in somewh…

verb

Request (something) to be made, supplied, or served again.

Usage examples:

Reps reorder any titles which fall below the agreed number

noun

A renewed or repeated order for goods.

Usage examples:

Most of the work done there is for small collections, first-of-series orders, recuts and reorders.

verb

To ask someone to make, supply, or deliver the same goods again

Usage examples:

The distributor has re-ordered our products three times in the past two weeks., the country is tryi…

verb

Place in a different position; adjust or alter the position of.

Usage examples:

Try repositioning the thermostat in another room

verb

To change the way that people think about a product, service, or company

Usage examples:

She has completely repositioned the newspaper, from the political right to a broadly left of centre…

verb

Move backwards.

Usage examples:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective

Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.

Usage examples:

The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun

A complete change of direction or action.

Usage examples:

The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Usage examples:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

noun

A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

Usage examples:

A shift in public opinion

verb

Move very slightly

noun

A person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

Usage examples:

Soya milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk

verb

Use or add in place of.

Usage examples:

Dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb

verb

To use someone or something instead of another person or thing

Usage examples:

[ t ] you can substitute oil for butter in this recipe., [ i ] he was called on to substitute for t…

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

verb

Device for making or breaking the connections in a circuit

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

Usage examples:

[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another

verb

Move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation.

Usage examples:

It was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site

noun

An operation in which an organ or tissue is transplanted.

Usage examples:

A heart transplant

verb

To move someone or something, or to be moved from one place to another

Usage examples:

[ t ] i transplanted those bushes to the back of the house., he survived a kidney transplant., i’m …