transfer
To move or pass from one place, person or thing to anotherTo move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
» I'd like to request a transfer.
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7 senses(transitive)To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
übertragen
переноси́тьperenosítʹ, перенести́perenestí
move from one place to another
(transitive)To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
transfer to the Blue Line
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
(intransitive)To be or become transferred.
versetzen
(transitive)To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
The title to land is transferred by deed.
(transitive)To 'carry' or apply anything (a concept, a name...) from one type of thing to a different type of thing.
The ancient Romans named the planet Mars by transferring that name from a deity of their pantheon to the planet appearing in the night sky.
(intransitive)To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
move around
Examples
276 sentencesI'd like to request a transfer.
I put in for a transfer.
Tom has been transferred to Boston.
Tom got transferred to another branch.
Tom got transferred to another department.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate anFrom Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.
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Forms
transfers, transferring, transferred, transferred| Base form | transfer · to transfer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | transfers |
| Present participle | transferring |
| Past simple | transferred |
| Past participle | transferred |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
24 synonyms- transfer from one place or period to another:transposetransplant
- move around:shift
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another:change
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work:reassign
- send from one person or place to another:transmittransportchannelchannelizechannelise
- lift and reset in another soil or situation:transplant
Word family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- be transferred to
- transferred to another
- got transferred to
- to be transferred
- transferred to the
- has been transferred
- got transferred