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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun transfer has 6 senses
- transfer(n = noun.act) conveyance, transferral, transport, transportation - the act of moving something from one location to another; Array is a kind of movement
- transfer(n = noun.person) transferee - someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- transfer(n = noun.act) transference - the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" is a kind of change of state
- transfer(n = noun.communication) Array - a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances; Array is a kind of ticket
- transfer(n = noun.cognition) carry-over, transfer of training - application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation; Array is a kind of acquisition, learning
- transfer(n = noun.act) transference - transferring ownership; Array is a kind of dealing, dealings, transaction
has particulars: transshipment, airlift, lift, connection, connexion, bringing, delivery, drive, carry, lighterage, relocation, resettlement, teleportation
has parts: pickup
Derived form verb transfer2
Derived form verb transfer1
Derived forms verb transfer7, verb transfer2
Derived form verb transfer6
has particulars: generalisation, generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization
has particulars: alienation, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, quitclaim, lease-lend, lend-lease, secularisation, secularization
Derived form verb transfer5
Verb transfer has 9 senses
- transfer(v = verb.social) reassign - transfer somebody to a different position or location of work; Array is one way to assign, delegate, depute, designate
- transfer(v = verb.possession) Array - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" is one way to displace, move
- transfer(v = verb.motion) transplant - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" is one way to displace
- transfer(v = verb.motion) shift - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" is one way to displace, move
- transfer(v = verb.possession) Array - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" Derived forms noun transfer6, noun transference2, noun transferer1, noun transferor1, noun transferrer1
- transfer(v = verb.motion) change - change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
- transfer(v = verb.contact) channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" is one way to displace, move
- transfer(v = verb.motion) remove - shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" is one way to shift, transfer
- transfer(v = verb.change) transplant, transpose - transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" is one way to shift
Derived form noun transfer2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derived forms noun transfer3, noun transfer1, noun transferral1, noun transferrer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived forms noun transferer1, noun transferrer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived form noun transferrer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Derived form noun transfer4
Sample sentence:
They transfer
Derived forms noun transfer3, noun transferer1, noun transferral1, noun transferrer1
Sample sentence:
They transfer the parcel to their parents
Derived forms noun transferer1, noun transferrer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
transfer, v. t. [L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to bear: cf. F. transférer. See Bear to carry.].
- To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion. [1913 Webster]
- To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed. [1913 Webster]
- To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone. Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
transfer, n.
- The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another. [1913 Webster]
- The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise. [1913 Webster]"I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property." [1913 Webster]
- That which is transferred. [1913 Webster]
- A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
transfer, v. & n.
--v. (transferred, transferring)
1 tr. (often foll. by to) a convey, remove, or hand over (a thing etc.) (transferred the bag from the car to the station). b make over the possession of (property, a ticket, rights, etc.) to a person (transferred his membership to his son).
2 tr. & intr. change or move to another group, club, department, etc.
3 intr. change from one station, route, etc., to another on a journey.
4 tr. a convey (a drawing etc.) from one surface to another, esp. to a lithographic stone by means of transfer-paper. b remove (a picture) from one surface to another, esp. from wood or a wall to canvas.
5 tr. change (the sense of a word etc.) by extension or metaphor.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of transferring or being transferred.
2 a a design etc. conveyed or to be conveyed from one surface to another. b a small usu. coloured picture or design on paper, which is transferable to another surface.
3 a football player etc. who is or is to be transferred.
4 a the conveyance of property, a right, etc. b a document effecting this.
5 US a ticket allowing a journey to be continued on another route etc.
--v. (transferred, transferring)
1 tr. (often foll. by to) a convey, remove, or hand over (a thing etc.) (transferred the bag from the car to the station). b make over the possession of (property, a ticket, rights, etc.) to a person (transferred his membership to his son).
2 tr. & intr. change or move to another group, club, department, etc.
3 intr. change from one station, route, etc., to another on a journey.
4 tr. a convey (a drawing etc.) from one surface to another, esp. to a lithographic stone by means of transfer-paper. b remove (a picture) from one surface to another, esp. from wood or a wall to canvas.
5 tr. change (the sense of a word etc.) by extension or metaphor.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of transferring or being transferred.
2 a a design etc. conveyed or to be conveyed from one surface to another. b a small usu. coloured picture or design on paper, which is transferable to another surface.
3 a football player etc. who is or is to be transferred.
4 a the conveyance of property, a right, etc. b a document effecting this.
5 US a ticket allowing a journey to be continued on another route etc.
Idiom
transfer-book a register of transfers of property, shares, etc. transfer company US a company conveying passengers or luggage between stations. transfer fee a fee paid for the transfer of esp. a professional footballer. transfer ink ink used for making designs on a lithographic stone or transfer-paper. transfer list a list of footballers available for transfer. transfer-paper specially coated paper to receive the impression of transfer ink and transfer it to stone. transfer RNA RNA conveying an amino-acid molecule from the cytoplasm to a ribosome for use in protein synthesis etc.
Derivative
transferee n. transferor esp. Law n. transferrer n.
Etymology
ME f. F transf{eacute}rer or L transferre (as TRANS-, ferre lat- bear)
THESAURUS
transfer
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, warrantROGET THESAURUS
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Transfer
N transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation, demise, limitation, conveyancing, transmission, enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release, exchange, barter, substitution, succession, reversion, shifting use, shifting trust, devolution, alienable, negotiable, estate coming into possession.VB transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.
Displacement
VB displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish, exile, ablegate, set aside, remove, take away, cart away, take off, draft off, lade, unload, empty, transfer, dispel, vacate, depart.Transference
N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course, transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.
Learning
VB learn, acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning, acquaint oneself with, master, make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with, grind, cram, get up, coach up, learn by heart, learn by rote, read, spell, peruse, con over, pore over, thumb over, wade through, dip into, run the eye over, run the eye through, turn over the leaves, study, be studious, burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book, cram, go to school, go to college, go to the university, matriculate, serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time, learn one's trade, be informed, be taught, drop out, leave school, quit school, graduate, transfer, take a leave, dismiss, expel, kick out of school, flunk out, be dismissed.
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