TRANSFER (transferred, transferring)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transfer mean? 

• TRANSFER (noun)
  The noun TRANSFER has 6 senses:

1. the act of moving something from one location to another

2. someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another

3. the act of transfering something from one form to another

4. a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

5. application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

6. transferring ownership

  Familiarity information: TRANSFER used as a noun is common.

• TRANSFER (verb)
  The verb TRANSFER has 9 senses:

1. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

2. move from one place to another

3. lift and reset in another soil or situation

4. move around

5. cause to change ownership

6. change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

7. send from one person or place to another

8. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes

9. transfer from one place or period to another

  Familiarity information: TRANSFER used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of moving something from one location to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Meronyms (parts of "transfer"):

pickup (the act of taking aboard passengers or freight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfer"):

airlift; lift (transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable))

connection; connexion (shifting from one form of transportation to another)

bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))

drive (the act of driving a herd of animals overland)

carry (the act of carrying something)

lighterage (the transportation of goods on a lighter)

relocation; resettlement (the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind))

teleportation (a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another)

transshipment (the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment)

Derivation:

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

transfer; transferee

Context example:

the best student was a transfer from LSU

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

transfer (transfer somebody to a different position or location of work)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of transfering something from one form to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

transfer; transference

Context example:

the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Derivation:

transfer (move from one place to another)

transfer (send from one person or place to another)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

ticket (a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment))

Derivation:

transfer (change from one vehicle or transportation line to another)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

carry-over; transfer; transfer of training

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfer"):

generalisation; generalization; stimulus generalisation; stimulus generalization ((psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Transferring ownership

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

transfer; transference

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfer"):

lease-lend; lend-lease (the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause)

secularisation; secularization (transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession)

quitclaim (act of transferring a title or right or claim to another)

conveyance; conveyance of title; conveyancing; conveying (act of transferring property title from one person to another)

alienation ((law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another)

Derivation:

transfer (cause to change ownership)

• TRANSFER (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

reassign; transfer

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

second (transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment)

exchange (hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

transfer (someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move from one place to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

transfer the patient to another hospital

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

mail; post; send (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place)

translocate (move from one place to another, especially of wild animals)

charge; commit; institutionalise; institutionalize; send (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution)

upload (transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location)

download (transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location)

spool (transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage)

FTP (use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another)

carry; post (transfer (entries) from one account book to another)

offload (transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data)

export (transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs)

import (transfer (electronic data) into a database or document)

offset (cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface)

load (transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory)

communicate; convey; transmit (transfer to another)

get off; send; send off (transfer)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

transfer (the act of transfering something from one form to another)

transfer; transferral (the act of moving something from one location to another)

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lift and reset in another soil or situation

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

transfer; transplant

Context example:

Transplant the young rice plants

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Verb group:

transplant (be transplantable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

transferer; transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Move around

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

shift; transfer

Context example:

transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

translocate (transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position)

remove; transfer (shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes)

carry forward; carry over (transfer from one time period to the next)

bunker (transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse)

shuffle (move about, move back and forth)

carry (transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication)

shunt (transfer to another track, of trains)

transpose (transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality)

transship (transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Cause to change ownership

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

I transferred my stock holdings to my children

"Transfer" entails doing...:

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

assign (transfer one's right to)

distribute (make available)

change; exchange; interchange (give to, and receive from, one another)

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

desacralize; secularize (transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control)

convey (transmit a title or property)

negociate (transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received)

alien; alienate (transfer property or ownership)

demise (transfer by a lease or by a will)

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

transfer; transference (transferring ownership)

transferer (someone who transfers something)

transferor ((law) someone who conveys a title or property to another)

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

change; transfer

Context example:

She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They transfer

Derivation:

transfer (a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Send from one person or place to another

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport

Context example:

transmit a message

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)

project (transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another)

propagate (transmit)

translate (bring to a certain spiritual state)

release; turn (let (something) fall or spill from a container)

send; send out (to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They transfer the parcel to their parents

Derivation:

transfer (the act of transfering something from one form to another)

transferer (someone who transfers something)

transferral (the act of moving something from one location to another)

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

remove; transfer

Context example:

remove a case to another court

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

shift; transfer (move around)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

exfiltrate (transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

transferer; transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Transfer from one place or period to another

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

transfer; transplant; transpose

Context example:

The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

shift (move from one setting or context to another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

It is characterized by defects of the electron transfer flavoprotein or electron transfer flavoprotein dehydrogenase.

(Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in electron transfer.

(NADPH--Cytochrome P450 Reductase, NCI Thesaurus)

It is simply to say that you transfer every possible right that you ever had in the bust to me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Stem cell transfer or transplantation in which the patient is his own donor.

(Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, NCI Thesaurus)

Exoelectrogens are a special type of bacteria that can transfer electrons outside of their cells.

(New Type of Battery Created from Paper, Fueled by Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These TILs are transfected with a retroviral vector encoding anti-MART-1 specific T-cell receptors, grown in culture, and then transferred back to the patient.

(Anti-MART-1 TCR Retroviral Vector-Transduced Autologous TIL, NCI Thesaurus)

The gene for the B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 protein is found on chromosome 18, and transfer of the B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 gene to a different chromosome is seen in many B-cell leukemias and lymphomas.

(B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 protein, NCI Dictionary)

Bone marrow transfer in which the patient is his own donor.

(Autologous bone marrow transplantation, NCI Thesaurus)

The gene for BCL2 is found on chromosome 18, and transfer of the BCL2 gene to a different chromosome is seen in many B-cell leukemias and lymphomas.

(Apoptosis Regulator Bcl-2, NCI Dictionary)

Then he transferred his gaze and with open mouth laughed down at them.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)