Transfer
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
(2) The act of moving something from one location to another
(3) Transferring ownership
(4) Application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
(5) A ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
(6) Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
"The best student was a transfer from LSU"
verb
(7) Transfer from one place or period to another
"The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
(8) Send from one person or place to another
"Transmit a message"
(9) Lift and reset in another soil or situation
"Transplant the young rice plants"
(10) Move around
"Transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
(11) 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"
(12) Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
"She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
(13) Cause to change ownership
"I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
(14) Move from one place to another
"Transfer the data"
"Transmit the news"
"Transfer the patient to another hospital"
(15) Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- To be or become transferred.
- To arrange for something to officially belong to or be controlled by somebody else.
Noun
- The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
Synonyms
- (act): transferal, transference
- (instance): transferal
- (design):
Usage 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.
Related terms
- transferable, transferrable
- transferal, transferral
- transferase
- transferee
- transference
- transferent
- transferential
- transferer
- transferrin
- transferring