transfer
verb/trænsˈfɜː(r)/
/trænsˈfɜːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transfer | /trænsˈfɜː(r)/ /trænsˈfɜːr/ |
| he / she / it transfers | /trænsˈfɜːz/ /trænsˈfɜːrz/ |
| past simple transferred | /trænsˈfɜːd/ /trænsˈfɜːrd/ |
| past participle transferred | /trænsˈfɜːd/ /trænsˈfɜːrd/ |
| -ing form transferring | /trænsˈfɜːrɪŋ/ /trænsˈfɜːrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move from one place to another; to move something/somebody from one place to another
- transfer (to something) The film studio is transferring to Hollywood.
- (especially North American English) If I spend a semester in Madrid, will my credits transfer?
- transfer from something to something The system only allows air to go one way, preventing air from transferring from one tire to another.
- transfer something/somebody from something to something How can I transfer money from my bank account to his?
- transfer something/somebody to something The patient was transferred to another hospital.
- transfer something/somebody from something (especially North American English) I couldn't transfer all my credits from junior college.
- transfer something Assets can be transferred overseas.
- transfer something into/onto something She transferred the sauce into a china jug.
- transfer something between A and B The honeybee transfers pollen between flowers.
- Customers still can't easily transfer money between accounts.
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- [intransitive, transitive] to move from one job, school, situation, etc. to another; to arrange for somebody to move
- transfer to something Children usually transfer to secondary school at 11 or 12.
- transfer from something This is her first season in the Ohio State team after transferring from Tennessee.
- transfer from something to something Students can transfer from a community college to a university.
- He transferred to UCLA after his freshman year.
- transfer somebody from something Ten employees are being transferred from the sales department.
- transfer somebody to something His superiors transferred him to easier assignments.
- transfer somebody from something to something She was promoted and transferred from the department of law to the Institute of Legal Studies.
- transfer somebody 98 percent of our patients are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.
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- [intransitive, transitive] to change to a different vehicle during a journey; to arrange for somebody to change to a different vehicle during a journey
- transfer from something to something It was a relief, after transferring from ship to ship, to just sit and relax.
- I transferred at Bahrain for a flight to Singapore.
- transfer somebody from something to something Passengers are transferred from the airport to the hotel by taxi.
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- [transitive, intransitive] to copy information, music, an idea, etc. from one method of recording or presenting it to another; to be recorded or presented in a different way
- transfer something to something You can transfer data to a memory stick in a few seconds.
- transfer something Data is easily transferred electronically.
- transfer something from something (to something) You can transfer songs from your computer to a phone.
- transfer to something The novel does not transfer well to the movies.
- An audio file should transfer in a matter of minutes.
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More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbs - [transitive] transfer something (from…) (to…) if you transfer a feeling, a disease, or power, etc. from one person to another, the second person has it, often instead of the first
- Joe had already transferred his affections from Lisa to Cleo.
- I decided to transfer my loyalty to my local team.
- This disease is sometimes transferred from mother to baby (= so that the baby has it as well as the mother).
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsb2- Can the disease be transferred across species?
- Skills cannot be transferred directly from a trainer to a trainee.
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- [transitive] transfer something (to somebody) to officially arrange for something to belong to somebody else or for somebody else to control something synonym sign over
- He transferred the property to his son.
- Sovereignty was formally transferred on December 27.
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- [intransitive, transitive] (especially British English) to move, or to move somebody, to a different sports team, especially a professional football (soccer) team
- transfer (from…) (to…) He transferred to Everton for £60 million.
- transfer somebody (from…) (to…) He was transferred from Spurs to Arsenal for a huge fee.
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- [transitive] transfer something/somebody (to something) to send a phone call that you have received to another phone number
- I'll just transfer you to customer service.
- Customers are able to transfer calls from their landline to their mobile.
to new place
to new job/school/situation
to new vehicle
information/music, etc.
feeling/disease/power
property
in sport
phone call
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from French transférer or Latin transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The earliest use of the noun (late 17th cent.) was as a legal term in the sense ‘conveyance of property’.
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