transfer
Other forms: transferred; transferring; transfers
If you are moving something from one place to another, like transferring money from your savings account to your checking account, you are transferring it. Or, if you've been moved from one job site to another — you, my friend, have been transferred.
Transfer can also be a noun that means the act of moving something from one form or location to another, so that money that was shifted from one account to another is considered a transfer. If you change something from one form to another, you can say that you transferred it. "Her mother had transferred all the old 8mm home movies to video tape. Now she'd have to transfer them again using a more modern technology."
Definitions of transfer
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move from one place to another“transfer the data”“transfer the patient to another hospital”
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mail, post, send
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
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get off, send, send off
transfer
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communicate, convey, transmit
transfer to another
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load
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
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offset
cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
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import
transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
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export
transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs
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offload
transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
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carry, post
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
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FTP
use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another
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spool
transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
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download
transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location
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upload
transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location
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charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
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translocate
move from one place to another, especially of wild animals
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communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across
transmit information
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express
send by rapid transport or special messenger service
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airmail
send or transport by airmail
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register
send by registered mail
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express-mail
send by express mail or courier
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hospitalise, hospitalize
admit into a hospital
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move around“transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket”
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synonyms:
shift
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transpose
transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
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shunt
transfer to another track, of trains
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carry
transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
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shuffle
move about, move back and forth
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transship
transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another
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bunker
transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse
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carry forward, carry over
transfer from one time period to the next
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remove
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
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translocate
transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position
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transfer from one place or period to another
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synonyms:
transplant, transpose
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shift
move from one setting or context to another
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shift
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shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
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send from one person or place to another
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synonyms:
channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport
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bring, convey, fetch, get
go or come after and bring or take back
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project
transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
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propagate
transmit
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translate
bring to a certain spiritual state
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release, turn
let (something) fall or spill from a container
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send, send out
to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
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retrieve
run after, pick up, and bring to the master
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retrieve
go for and bring back
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deflate
release contained air or gas from
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throw
throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
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send in
mail in; cause to be delivered
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mail out
transmit by mail
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get off, mail
send via the postal service
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deliver
bring to a destination, make a delivery
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lift and reset in another soil or situation
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synonyms:
transplant
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transplant
be transplantable
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displace
cause to move, usually with force or pressure
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transplant
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cause to change ownership“I transferred my stock holdings to my children”
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give
transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
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demise
transfer by a lease or by a will
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alien, alienate
transfer property or ownership
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negociate
transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received
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convey
transmit a title or property
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desacralize, secularize
transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
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assign
transfer one's right to
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give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
place into the hands or custody of
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change, exchange, interchange
give to, and receive from, one another
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distribute
make available
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cater, ply, provide, supply
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
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cough up, pony up, spit up
give reluctantly
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give
leave with; give temporarily
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lease, let, rent
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
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support
support materially or financially
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slip, sneak
pass on stealthily
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sell
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
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deal
give (a specific card) to a player
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pay
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
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accord, allot, grant
allow to have
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allow, grant
let have
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cash, cash in
exchange for cash
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ransom, redeem
exchange or buy back for money; under threat
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redeem
turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
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fill in, stand in, sub, substitute
be a substitute
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swap, switch, swop, trade
exchange or give (something) in exchange for
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barter
exchange goods without involving money
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trade, trade in
turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
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present, submit
hand over formally
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bestow
give as a gift
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heap
bestow in large quantities
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deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in
to surrender someone or something to another
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administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, lot, mete, mete out, parcel out, shell out
administer or bestow, as in small portions
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offer, proffer
present for acceptance or rejection
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chip in, contribute, give, kick in
contribute to some cause
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render, return
give back
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bank, deposit
put into a bank account
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free, give up, release, relinquish, resign
part with a possession or right
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cede, concede, grant, yield
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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lend, loan
give temporarily; let have for a limited time
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furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to
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repay, requite
make repayment for or return something
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dispense with, give up, part with, spare
give up what is not strictly needed
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commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust
confer a trust upon
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entrust, leave
put into the care or protection of someone
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vest
place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
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enfeoff
put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society
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issue, supply
circulate or distribute or equip with
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reticulate
distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
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change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
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transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
Definitions of transfer
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the act of moving something from one location to another
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synonyms:
conveyance, transferral, transport, transportation
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transshipment
the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment
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airlift, lift
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
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connection, connexion
shifting from one form of transportation to another
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bringing, delivery
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
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drive
the act of driving a herd of animals over land
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carry
the act of carrying something
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lighterage
the transportation of goods on a lighter
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relocation, resettlement
the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
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teleportation
a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
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cattle drive
driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers)
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airdrop
delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft
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consignment
the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
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handing over, passage
the act of passing something to another person
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post
the delivery and collection of letters and packages
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service, service of process, serving
the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
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backpacking, packing
carrying something in a pack on the back
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piggyback
the act of carrying something piggyback
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fireman's carry
the act of carrying a person over your shoulder
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portage
carrying boats and supplies overland
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porterage
the transportation of burdens by porters
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movement
the act of changing the location of something
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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”
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transference
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change of state
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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change of state
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application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
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carry-over, transfer of training
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generalisation, generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
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irradiation
(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
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acquisition, learning
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
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generalisation, generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization
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transferring ownership
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transference
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alienation
(law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another
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conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
act of transferring property title from one person to another
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quitclaim
act of transferring a title or right or claim to another
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lease-lend, lend-lease
the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause
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secularisation, secularization
transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
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delivery, legal transfer, livery
the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
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dealing, dealings, transaction
the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
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a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
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ticket
a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
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ticket
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someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another“the best student was a transfer from LSU”
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synonyms:
transferee
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