English Explanatory Dictionary

transfer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
  2. To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
  3. To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
  4. To be or become transferred.
  5. To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
  6. To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
noun
  1. The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
  2. An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
  3. An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
  4. A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
  5. A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
  6. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
  7. A pathological process by 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.
  8. The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
  9. A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
  10. A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
  11. Ellipsis of transfer student.
  12. Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.

Pronunciation

/tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/ /tɹænsˈfɜː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transfer (verb).wav trănsfûrʹ /tɹænsˈfɚ/ /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/ en-us-transfer.ogg /ˈtɹɑːns.fɜː/ /ˈtɹæns.fɜː/ 'trănsfûr

Word forms

transfer transfers transferring transferred no-table-tags glossary transferrest transferredst transferreth xfer

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin trānsferōder. English transfer From 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.

Synonyms

abalienate alien alienate assign change hands consign convey grant transfer carry over move onpass copy transpose transferal transference transfer student

Related words

transference trade translate translation

Derived words

transferable transferor transferee asynchronous transfer mode balance transfer bank transfer bi-elliptic transfer Bosman transfer celestial transfer cold transfer credit transfer data transfer object data transfer rate dry transfer electronic benefit transfer electron transfer electron transfer reaction embryo transfer energy transfer e-transfer feedback transfer function forward transfer function free transfer gene transfer Gruen transfer hairpin transfer hip transfer Hohmann transfer Hohmann transfer orbit horizontal gene transfer Jacoby transfer language transfer lateral gene transfer lateral transfer loop transfer function negative transfer oblivious transfer personnel transfer basket phase transfer catalysis phase-transfer catalyst positive transfer proton transfer radiative transfer representational state transfer somatic cell nuclear transfer spine transfer technology transfer time and frequency transfer time transfer transfer agent transferal transferral transferase transfer DNA transfer earnings transference transferrence transferent transferential transferer

Translations

Arabic: اِنْتِقَال Armenian: փոխանցում Belarusian: перада́ча Bulgarian: прехвъ́рляне Bulgarian: прена́сяне Bulgarian: преда́ване Chinese Mandarin: 移動 /移动 Chinese Mandarin: 移轉 /移转 Chinese Mandarin: 調動 /调动 Czech: přenos Czech: převod Danish: forflyttelse Danish: overflytning Danish: transport Danish: flytning Esperanto: delokigo Finnish: siirto French: transfert Galician: traslado German: Übertragung German: Versetzung German: Überweisung Greek: μεταφορά Greek: μεταβίβαση Greek: παράδοση Ancient Greek: μεταβίβασις Ancient Greek: παράδοσις Hindi: स्थानांतरण Hungarian: áthelyezés Hungarian: átvitel Hungarian: átutalás Italian: trasferimento Italian: trasferimento bancario Italian: bonifico Japanese: 移動 Japanese: 転勤 Korean: 이동 Korean: 전근 Māori: whakawhitianga Iranian Persian: تَرافِرِسْت Iranian Persian: تِرانْسْفِر Iranian Persian: اِنْتِقال Polish: przenoszenie Polish: przeniesienie Portuguese: transferência Russian: перехо́д Russian: перево́д Russian: трансфе́рт Russian: переда́ча Slovak: prenos Slovak: prevod Spanish: transferencia Telugu: బదిలీ Turkish: transfer Turkish: iletme Turkish: etkin Ukrainian: переда́ча Norwegian Bokmål: overdragelse
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