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Definition: Meaning of, transfer in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtrænsfə(ː) /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
transferring transfers
  1. move to different place etc [intransitive and transitive] to move from one place, school, job etc to another, or to make someone do this, especially within the same organization
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  2. put something in different place [intransitive and transitive] formal to move from one place to another, or to move something from one place to another
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  3. sports person [transitive] to sell a sports player to another team
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  4. money [transitive] to move money from one account or institution to another
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  5. transfer your affections/loyalty/allegiance etc to change from loving or supporting one person to loving or supporting a different one
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  6. skill/idea/quality [intransitive and transitive] if a skill, idea, or quality transfers from one situation to another, or if you transfer it, it can be used in the new situation
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  7. transfer power/responsibility/control (to somebody) to officially give power etc to another person or organization
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  8. phone [transitive] to connect the call of someone who has telephoned you to someone else's telephone so that that person can speak to them
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  9. property [transitive] law to officially give property or land to someone else
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  10. travel [intransitive and transitive] to change from one bus, plane etc to another while you are travelling, or arrange for someone to do this
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  11. information/music [transitive] to copy recorded information, music etc from one system to another
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  12. disease [transitive] if a disease is transferred from one person or animal to another, the second person or animal begins to have the disease
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transfer transfers
  1. [uncountable and countable] the process by which someone or something moves or is moved from one place, job etc to another
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  2. [countable] someone or something that has been moved in this way
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  3. transfer of power a process by which the control of a country is taken from one person or group and given to another
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  4. [countable] the act of changing from one bus, aircraft etc to another while travelling
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  5. [countable] especially British English a drawing, pattern etc that can be stuck or printed onto a surface [=  decal American English]
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  6. [countable] especially American English a ticket that allows a passenger to change from one bus, train etc to another without paying more money
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transfer used in phrases

  • anonymous file transfer protocol (noun)
    1. a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as 'guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available
  • asynchronous transfer mode (noun)
    1. a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images, voice or video as well as data
  • electronic funds transfer (noun)
    1. when money is moved from one bank account, business etc to another using only computer systems
  • file transfer protocol (noun)
    1. computing protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
  • hypertext transfer protocol (noun)
    1. utilizing TCP a protocol to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
  • legal transfer (noun)
    1. title or possession the voluntary transfer of something from one party to another
  • overall heat transfer coefficient (noun)
    1. a measure of how well a building element transfers heat, with smaller values corresponding to better insulation and hence less heat loss; it is the rate of energy loss per unit area per degree difference in temperature, and is equal to the inverse of the R value
  • somatic cell nuclear transfer (noun)
    1. moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another
  • transfer RNA (noun)
    1. according to directions coded in the mRNA in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid rNA molecules present in the cell that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell
  • transfer agent (noun)
    1. usually a bank an agency that is appointed by a corporation to keep records of its stock and bond owners and to resolve problems about certificates
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