What is the meaning of transfer?

noun

• The act of moving something from one location to another.
  • synonyms: transportation, transport, transferral, conveyance
• Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another.
  • usage: "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
  • synonyms: transferee
• The act of transfering something from one form to another.
  • usage: "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"
  • synonyms: transference
• A ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances.
• Application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation.
  • synonyms: transfer of training, carry-over
• Transferring ownership.
  • synonyms: transference

verb

• Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work.
  • synonyms: reassign
• Move from one place to another.
  • usage: "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
• Lift and reset in another soil or situation.
  • usage: "Transplant the young rice plants"
  • synonyms: transplant
• Move around.
  • usage: "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
  • synonyms: shift
• Cause to change ownership.
  • usage: "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
• Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another.
  • usage: "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
  • synonyms: change
• Send from one person or place to another.
  • usage: "transmit a message"
  • synonyms: transmit, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
• Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes.
  • usage: "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
  • synonyms: remove
• Transfer from one place or period to another.
  • usage: "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
  • synonyms: transpose, transplant