"permute" meaning in English

See permute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈmjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-permute.wav Forms: permutes [present, singular, third-person], permuting [participle, present], permuted [participle, past], permuted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English permuten, from Old French permuter, from Latin permūtāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|permuten}} Middle English permuten, {{der|en|fro|permuter}} Old French permuter, {{der|en|la|permūtō|permūtāre}} Latin permūtāre Head templates: {{en-verb}} permute (third-person singular simple present permutes, present participle permuting, simple past and past participle permuted)
  1. (transitive) To change the order of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: permutate [uncommon] Translations (to change the order of something): размествам (razmestvam) (Bulgarian), permuter (French), permutieren (German), переставля́ть (perestavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переста́вить (perestávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), permutar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-permute-en-verb-L4OJoykj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'to change the order of something': 95 5
  2. (transitive, mathematics) To make a permutation of. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations ((mathematics) to make a permutation): пермутирам (permutiram) (Bulgarian), permutoida (Finnish), permuter (French), permutieren (German), переставля́ть (perestavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переста́вить (perestávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), permutación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-permute-en-verb-gaqbTbmn Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of '(mathematics) to make a permutation': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: permutability, permutable, permutably, permutizer, permutohedron, permuton, unpermuted Related terms: permutation

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "(transitive, mathematics) To make a permutation of."
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