Transfer
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English
Verb
Transfer (third-person singular simple present Transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (transitive) (law) To arrange for something to officially belong to or be controlled by somebody else.
Synonyms
- (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
- (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
- (to be or become transferred):
Noun
Transfer (countable and uncountable; plural Transfers)- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
Synonyms
- (act): transferal, transference
- (instance): transferal
- (design):
Notes
- In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.
Adverbs for Transfer
temporarily; satisfactorily; forcibly; rapidly; professionally; individually.
Thesaurus
abalienate, accredit, alien, alienate, amortize, announcement, apograph, assign, authorize, barter, bequeath, bring, broadcast, carbon, carbon copy, carry, carry over, cart, cede, change, charge, charter, circulate, come across with, commission, commit, communicate, communication, conduction, confer, consign, contagion, convection, convey, conveyance, deed, deed over, delegate, deliver, deliver over, delivery, demise, deport, deportation, depute, deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, diapedesis, diffuse, diffusion, disclosure, dislocate, dispense, disseminate, dissemination, distribute, disturb, empower, enfeoff, entrust, exchange, expel, export, exportation, expulsion, extradite, extradition, feed, fiche, find, fork over, forward, get across, get over, give, give in, give in charge, give out, give over, give title to, give word, giving, hand, hand down, hand forward, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over, haul, impart, impartation, imparting, impartment, import, importation, interchange, leave word, license, make known, make over, manifold, metastasis, metastasize, metathesis, metathesize, metempsychosis, microcopy, microfiche, microform, migration, mission, move, mutual transfer, negotiate, notification, osmosis, pass, pass along, pass on, pass out, pass over, pass the buck, passage, passing over, perfuse, perfusion, post, publication, reach, recording, relay, relocate, remove, render, report, resign, rubbing, sell, send, send out, send word, settle, settle on, share, share with, sharing, shift, ship, sign away, sign over, signal, spread, spreading, surrender, switch, take, tell, telling, tenor, tracing, trade, transcript, transcription, transduction, transfer of property, transfer property, transference, transfuse, transfusion, transit, transition, translate, translation, translocate, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmit, transmittal, transmittance, transplace, transplacement, transplant, transplantation, transport, transposal, transpose, transposition, travel, turn over, warrant
Pronunciation
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- (noun)
Etymology
From Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”).
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Related terms
Italian
Noun
Transfer m. inv.
Etymology
English
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Latin
Verb
trānsfer
- second-person singular present active imperative of trānsferō
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
trànsfēr m. (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нсфе̄р)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /trǎnsfeːr/
- Hyphenation: trans‧fer
Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | trànsfēr | transferi |
| genitive | transféra | transfera |
| dative | transferu | transferima |
| accusative | transfer | transfere |
| vocative | transferu | transferi |
| locative | transferu | transferima |
| instrumental | transferom | transferima |
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