transfer
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (verb)
- (RP): /trɑːnzˈfɜː/, /trA:nz"f3:/ or /trænzˈfɜː/, /tr{nz"f3:/
- (US): trănzfûrʹ, /trænzˈfɝ/, /tr{nz"f3`/
- (noun)
- (RP): /ˈtrɑːnzfɜː/, /"trA:nzf3:/ or /ˈtrænzfɜː/, /"tr{nzf3:/
- (US): trănzʹfûr, /ˈtrænzfɝ/, /"tr{nzf3`/
[edit] Etymology
From Latin trānsferō (“‘I bear across’”).
[edit] Verb
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to transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (transitive) (law) To arrange for something to officially belong to or be controlled by somebody else.
[edit] Synonyms
- (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
- (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
- (to be or become transferred):
[edit] Translations
to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another
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to convey the impression of sth from one surface to another
to be or become transferred
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arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else
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[edit] Noun
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transfer (countable and uncountable; plural transfers)
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
[edit] Synonyms
- (act): transferal, transference
- (instance): transferal
- (design):
[edit] Usage notes
- In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.
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