Definitions of transfer [ænsˈfɛk ʃən]

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Definition of 'transfer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) transfer
to convey or remove from one place, person, or position to another.

2.  transfer
to cause to pass from one person to another, as thought or power; transmit.

3.  transfer
Law. to make over the possession or control of:
to transfer a title to land.

4.  transfer
to imprint, impress, or otherwise convey (a drawing, design, etc.) from one surface to another.

5. (v.i.) transfer
to remove oneself or be moved from one place, position, or job to another.

6.  transfer
to withdraw from one school, college, etc., and enter another.

7.  transfer
to change from one bus, train, etc., to another.

8. (n.) transfer
a means or system of transferring.

9.  transfer
an act of transferring.

10.  transfer
the fact of being transferred.

11.  transfer
a point or place for transferring.

12.  transfer
a ticket entitling a passenger to continue a journey on another bus, train, or the like.

13.  transfer
a drawing, design, etc., that is or may be transferred from one surface to another, usu. by direct contact.

14.  transfer
a person who has transferred, as from one college to another.

15.  transfer
Law. the conveyance to another, as by sale or gift, of real or personal property.

16.  transfer
the positive or negative influence of prior learning on subsequent learning.

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"

4. (noun) transfer
a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

5. (noun) transfer, transfer of training, carry-over
application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

6. (verb) transfer, transference
transferring ownership

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"

Definition of 'transfer'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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

10. (verb) transfer
to remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone

Translation of 'transfer'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to remove to another place He transferred the letter from his briefcase to his pocket.
Afrikaans: oorplaas	Arabic: يَنْقُل	Bulgarian: премествам
Brazilian: mudar	Czech: přenést	German: verlegen
Danish: flytte	Greek: μεταφέρω	Spanish: trasladar, cambiar; (dine
Estonian: (ümber) paigutama	Farsi: جابجا کردن	Finnish: siirtää
French: transférer	Hebrew: לְהַעֲבִיר	Hindi: तबादला करना
Croatian: prenijeti	Hungarian: áthelyez; átszállít	Indonesian: memindahkan
Icelandic: flytja, færa	Italian: trasferire, spostare	Japanese: 移す
Korean: 옮기다	Lithuanian: perkelti, pervežti	Latvian: pārvietot; pārlikt
Malay: memindahkan	Dutch: verplaatsen	Norwegian: overføre(s), flytte
Polish: przemieszczać	Persian: جابجا کردن	Pashto: ځای په ځای کول
Portuguese: mudar	Romanian: a pune (în altă parte)	Russian: перекладывать
Slovenian: premestiti	Serbian: prebaciti	Swedish: flyttaöver
Thai: ย้าย	Turkish: aktarmak, transfer etmek	Taiwanese: 轉移
Ukrainian: переносити, переміщати	Urdu: منتقل کرنا	Vietnamese: dời
Chinese: 转移
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