What is the meaning of transfer?

noun

  • The act of moving something from one location to another.
  • Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another.
    • usage: "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
  • 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"
  • A ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances.
  • Application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation.
  • Transferring ownership.

verb

  • Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work.
  • 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"
  • Move around.
    • usage: "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
  • 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"
  • Send from one person or place to another.
    • usage: "transmit a message"
  • 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"
  • Transfer from one place or period to another.
    • usage: "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
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