transfer
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (9)transferred, transferring, transfers, transfered
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of workSynonyms: reassignMore general delegate, designateMore specific exchange, second
- move from one place to another“transfer the data”“transmit the news”“transfer the patient to another hospital”More general move, displaceMore specific mail, commit, send, convey, download, upload, spool, post, export, translocate +5 more
- lift and reset in another soil or situation“Transplant the young rice plants”Synonyms: transplantMore general displaceSimilar transplant
- move around“transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket”Synonyms: shiftMore general move, displaceMore specific remove, carry over, shunt, shuffle, carry, transship, transpose, bunker, translocate
- cause to change ownership“I transferred my stock holdings to my children”More general change, alterMore specific give, pass, go, exchange, distribute, alien, convey, demise, negociate, desacralize +1 moreInvolves move, displaceCauses change hands, change owners
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another“She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast”Synonyms: changeMore general travel, go
- send from one person or place to another“transmit a message”Synonyms: transmittransportchannelchannelizechannelise
- 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”Synonyms: remove
- transfer from one place or period to another“The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America”Synonyms: transposetransplant
Noun (6)transfers
- the act of moving something from one location to anotherSynonyms: transportationtransporttransferralconveyanceType of movementKinds delivery, drive, carry, resettlement, lighterage, transshipment, connection, airlift, teleportationParts pickup
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another“the best student was a transfer from LSU”Synonyms: transfereeType of actor, doer
- the act of transferring something from one form to another“the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise”Synonyms: transferenceType of change of state
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyancesType of ticket
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situationSynonyms: transfer of trainingcarry-overType of learning, acquisitionKinds generalization, generalisation
- transferring ownershipSynonyms: transferenceType of transaction, dealingKinds conveyance, secularization, lend-lease, quitclaim, alienation
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Translations
Verb to move from one place to another
- Spanish
- transferir
- French
- transférer
- German
- übertragen
- Italian
- trasferire
- Portuguese
- transferir
- Turkish
- aktarmak
- Russian
- переноси́ть perenosítʹ
- Arabic
- حَوَّلَ ḥawwala
- Chinese
- 转移 zhuǎnyí
- Japanese
- 移す utsusu
18 more languages
- Dutch
- overplaatsen
- Polish
- przenosić
- Swedish
- överföra
- Greek
- μεταφέρω metaféro
- Korean
- 옮기다 omgida
- Hungarian
- áttesz
- Portuguese (PT)
- transferir
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 轉移 zhuǎnyí
- Catalan
- traslladar
- Czech
- přenést
- Danish
- overføre
- Esperanto
- translokigi
- Finnish
- siirtää
- Hebrew
- העביר he'evir
- Norwegian
- overføre
- Romanian
- transfera
- Serbo-Croatian
- transferirati
- Welsh
- trosglwyddo
Noun act of transferring
- Spanish
- transferencia
- French
- transfert
- German
- Übertragung
- Italian
- trasferimento
- Portuguese
- transferência
- Turkish
- transfer
- Russian
- переда́ча peredáča
- Arabic
- نَقْل naql
- Chinese
- 转移 zhuǎnyí
- Japanese
- 移動 idō
11 more languages
- Greek
- μεταβίβαση metavívasi
- Korean
- 이동 idong
- Indonesian
- transfer
- Portuguese (PT)
- transferência
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 移動 yídòng
- Czech
- přenos
- Finnish
- siirto
- Georgian
- გადაცემა gadatsema
- Hebrew
- העברה ha'avara
- Swahili
- uhamisho
- Welsh
- trosglwyddiad
Verb to be or become transferred
- Spanish
- transferir
- German
- versetzen
- Dutch
- overstappen
- Korean
- 옮기다 omgida
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 轉移 zhuǎnyí
- Finnish
- siirtyä
- Romanian
- transfera
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to bear: cf. F. transférer. See Bear to carry.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone. Charles Tomlinson
Synonyms: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
1. The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.
2. Law The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise.
I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property.— Edmund Burke
3. That which is transferred. Specifically: —
(a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another. Fred. William Fairholt
(b) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
(c) Military A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
4. Medicine 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.
Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Bithell. — Transfer office, an office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. — Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. — Transfer table. Railroads Same as Traverse table. See under Traverse.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.<data> data transfer.
2.<programming> transfer of control.
3.<messaging> The movement of electronic mail between servers by a Message Transfer Agent.