English
transfer
Etymology

From Latin trānsferō.

Pronunciation
  • (verb)
    • (RP) IPA: /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/, /tɹænsˈfɜː/
    • (America) enPR: trănsfûrʹ, IPA: /tɹænsˈfɚ/, /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/
  • (noun)
    • (RP) IPA: /ˈtɹɑːns.fɜː/, /ˈtɹæns.fɜː/
    • (America) enPR: 'trănsfûr, IPA: /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/
Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)

  1. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
    to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
  2. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
    to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
  3. (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
    transfer to the Blue Line
  4. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
  5. (transitive, legal) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
    The title to land is transferred by deed.
  6. (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
Synonyms
  • (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another) carry over, move, onpass
  • (convey impression of from one surface to another) copy, transpose
  • (to be or become transferred)
Translations Translations Translations Translations Noun

transfer

  1. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
  2. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
  3. (countable, transport) 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.
    Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.
  4. (countable, transport) 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. (countable) 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. (medicine) 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. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
  9. (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
  10. (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
  11. (US, Canada, varsity sports) Short for transfer student.
  12. (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
    • 2018, Bed Mobility and Transfers ↗ (PDF) , Pioneer Network ↗:
      Transfers and bed mobility are a normal part of our daily activities. Going from lying down to sitting edge of bed, rolling, getting in/out of bed, sitting and standing from bed/chairs and toilet are all examples of transfers and bed mobility.
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