Transfer Meaning and Definition

Word: Transfer

How to pronounce: ˈtrænsfɜː

Verb

Definitions:

1. Move from one place to another.

Example sentences: "I went to sleep on the couch before transferring to my bedroom later in the night"

2. Change to another place, route, or means of transportation during a journey.

Example sentences: "John advised him to transfer from Rome airport to the railroad station"

3. Make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to someone else.

Example sentences: "We will transfer full planning responsibility to local authorities"

4. Change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor.

Example sentences: "Between Latin and English, the sense was transferred from the inhabitants to the place"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of moving something or someone to another place.

Example sentences: "A transfer of wealth to the poorer nations"

2. A small colored picture or design on paper, which can be transferred to another surface by being pressed or heated.

Example sentences: "T-shirts with iron-on transfers"

3. An act of changing to another place, route, or means of transportation during a journey.

Example sentences: "It took three hours and several bus transfers to get there"

Synonyms:

transmission

transferral

transfering

handover

transmittal

remittance

money transfer

pass down

convey

pass

cede

transfuse

conduct

relocate

transpose

move

displace

leave

alienate

shift

change

give

impart

consign

transportation

conveyance

transplant

carryover

word wrap

carry forward

copy

reposition

data transfer

communication

channel

deliver

spread

entrust

reassign

assign

convert

hand

deed

conversion

transmitting

delegate

vest

ship

Antonyms:

take

select

choose

take up

Derivations:

transferor

transference

transferee

transport

transition

transferring

transferred

transferable

transmit

transferal

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Transfer in Other Languages...

Spanish: Transferencia

German: Transfer

French: Transfert

Italian: Trasferimento

Turkish: Aktarma