Transpose (verb)
Pronunciation: [trænz-'poz]
Definition: To switch places, to interchange, to put A in B's position and B in A's position; (mathematics) to move a term from one side of an equation to the other（移项）; (music) to convert a musical piece to another key（变调）.
Usage: Today's word is the progenitor of a large family of derivatives. There is an active and passive adjective, transpositive "can transpose, transposes" and transposable "can be transposed." Someone, say, a musician, who transposes is a transposer and the act or result of transposing is a transposition. So after the transposition of a piece of music from C major to A major, the version in A major is a transposition (of the version in C major). The noun, "transposition," has its own adjective, "transpositional" and an adverb, "transpositionally."
Suggested Usage: Many languages permit the transposition of words. In German, for instance, you create questions by transposing the subject and verb of the equivalent positive statement: Sie geht ins Kino "She is going to the movies" becomes a question if you transpose the first two words: Geht sie ins kino? "Is she going to the movies?" English learners often accidentally transpose the middle [e] and [i] when writing "receive."
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