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- [verb trans-fur, trans-fer; noun, adjective trans-fer]
- /verb trænsˈfɜr, ˈtræns fər; noun, adjective ˈtræns fər/
- /trænsˈfɜː(r)/
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- [verb trans-fur, trans-fer; noun, adjective trans-fer]
- /verb trænsˈfɜr, ˈtræns fər; noun, adjective ˈtræns fər/
Definitions of transfer word
- verb with object transfer to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other. 1
- verb with object transfer to cause to pass from one person to another, as thought, qualities, or power; transmit. 1
- verb with object transfer Law. to make over the possession or control of: to transfer a title to land. 1
- verb with object transfer to imprint, impress, or otherwise convey (a drawing, design, pattern, etc.) from one surface to another. 1
- verb without object transfer to remove oneself from one place to another: to transfer from the New York office to London. 1
- verb without object transfer to withdraw from one school, college, or the like, and enter another: I transferred from Rutgers to Tulane. 1
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Origin of transfer
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English transferren (v.) < Latin trānsferre, equivalent to trāns- trans- + ferre to bear1, carry
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Parts of speech for Transfer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
transfer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
transfer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for transfer
verb transfer
- abalienate — (civil law, transitive) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
- adios — goodbye; farewell
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
noun transfer
- cartage — the process or cost of carting
- communication — Communications are the systems and processes that are used to communicate or broadcast information, especially by means of electricity or radio waves.
- conveyance — A conveyance is a vehicle.
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
- disposal — availability for use
Antonyms for transfer
verb transfer
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- concenter — to bring or come to a common center; concentrate or converge
- dooming — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
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