Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (v.) < L trānsferre=trāns-trans - +ferre to bear1, carry)
Definition of 'Transfer'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance the act of moving something from one location to another
2. (noun)transfer, transferee someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
3. (noun)transfer, 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"
7. (verb)transfer, reassign transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
8. (verb)transfer move from one place to another "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
9. (verb)transplant, transfer lift and reset in another soil or situation "Transplant the young rice plants"
10. (verb)transfer, shift move around "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
11. (verb)transfer cause to change ownership "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
12. (verb)transfer, change change from one vehicle or transportation line to another "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
13. (verb)transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise send from one person or place to another "transmit a message"
14. (verb)remove, transfer 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"
15. (verb)transfer, transpose, transplant transfer from one place or period to another "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
1. (verb)transfer to move or make move from one place to another She transferred $1000 into her savings account.; I'd like to transfer to the Washington office.
2. transfer to give ownership or control of sth to sb else the process of transferring leadership
3. (noun)transfer the process of moving sth from one place to another the transfer of prisoners from the jail to the court house; the transfer of funds
Definition of 'Transfer'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Transfer 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. (noun)Transfer the conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise
3. (noun)Transfer that which is transferred
4. (noun)Transfer 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
5. (noun)Transfer a drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts
6. (noun)Transfer a soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another
7. (noun)Transfer 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
8. (verb)Transfer 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
9. (verb)Transfer 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