SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
transposition
noun
An exchange or rearrangement of positions or order.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Rearrangement of positions
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Related words and expressions
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Usage distinction
Return to topTransposition commonly swaps positions or order. Relocation moves something without necessarily exchanging places, and substitution replaces one item with another.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See transposition in use
A transposition of two digits made the file number incorrect.
A transposition of two paragraphs in the correction places the conclusion before the evidence it is meant to explain.
Compare an alternative with the original word in each passage. Shared meanings do not make every pair interchangeable.
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