Remove and Transpose

Remove

Remove verb - To take away from a place or position.
Usage example: he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf

Transpose and remove are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Transpose" instead a verb "Remove".

Transpose

Transpose verb - To change the place or position of.
Usage example: after the ex-governor's scandals belatedly came to light, his portrait was transposed to a quiet corner of the statehouse

Remove and transpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Remove" instead a verb "Transpose".

Both words in one sentence

  • It's common for modern-day adaptations to remove Kitty and/or Mary Bennet and transpose elements of them into Lydia, since fewer families have five children than in Austen's day, and they are the only sisters that don't end up with husbands by the end of the book.
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