Definitions for transfer

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transfer trans·fer

Spelling: [verb trans-fur, trans-fer; noun, adjective

IPA: /verb trænsˈfɜr, ˈtræns fər; noun, adjective ˈtræns fər/

Transfer is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 294 anagrams from letters in transfer (aefnrrst).

Definitions for transfer

noun

1. a means or system of transferring.
2. an act of transferring.
3. the fact of being transferred.
4. a point or place for transferring.
5. a ticket entitling a passenger to continue a journey on another bus, train, or the like.
6. a drawing, design, pattern, or the like, that is or may be transferred from one surface to another, usually by direct contact.
7. a person who changes or is changed from one college, military unit, business department, etc., to another.
8. Law. a conveyance, by sale, gift, or otherwise, of real or personal property, to another.
9. Finance. the act of having the ownership of a stock or registered bond transferred.
10. Also called transfer of training. Psychology. the positive or negative influence of prior learning on subsequent learning. Compare generalization (def 4).
11. Also called language transfer. Linguistics. the application of native-language rules in attempted performance in a second language, in some cases resulting in deviations from target-language norms and in other cases facilitating second-language acquisition.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or involving transfer payments.

verb (used with object)

1. to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another:
2. to cause to pass from one person to another, as thought, qualities, or power; transmit.
3. Law. to make over the possession or control of:
4. to imprint, impress, or otherwise convey (a drawing, design, pattern, etc.) from one surface to another.

verb (used without object)

1. to remove oneself from one place to another:
2. to withdraw from one school, college, or the like, and enter another:
3. to be moved from one place to another:
4. to change by means of a transfer from one bus, train, or the like, to another.

Origin of transfer

1350-1400; Middle English transferren (v.) Latin trānsferre, equivalent to trāns- trans- + ferre to bear¹, carry

Examples for transfer

Let him transfer a little of his anxiety to the fear of losing his fifty pounds.

Then transfer them to a jelly-bag, and squeeze out the juice.

Then transfer it to a hot dish, and serve up the potatoes in another.

He suggested I needed mental help, and offered to help me transfer to another college.

Parents who want to transfer custody of a child to someone other than a relative must seek permission from a judge.

All the junkies try to transfer to them, for the abundance of morphine.

“I ran for my life,” said Tenayo, who is a home attendant for an autistic resident, but wants to transfer because of the crime.

Shake it daily for a month, and then transfer it to small bottles.

Then transfer it to a jar, and set the jar into a pot of boiling water.

Jasmin helps her transfer in and out of her wheelchair, get dressed, and bathe.