Meaning of 'transfer' (Webster Dictionary)
- The act of transferring, or the state of being
transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or
person to another.
- The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real
or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or
otherwise.
- That which is transferred.
- A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground
to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to
another.
- A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on
another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and
placed in another.
- A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral
morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its
appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- To convey from one place or person another; to
transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to
transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.
- To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to
convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title
to land is transferred by deed.
- To remove from one substance or surface to another;
as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
Meaning of 'transfer' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
Example in sentence:- the best student was a transfer from LSU
Meaning (2):
- the act of transfering something from one form to another
Example in sentence:- the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise
Meaning (3):
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
Example in sentence:- He removed his children to the countryside;
- remove a case to another court;
- Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city
Meaning (4):
- cause to change ownership
Example in sentence:- I transferred my stock holdings to my children
Meaning (5):
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
Example in sentence:- She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast
Meaning (6):
- transfer from one place or period to another
Example in sentence:- The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
Meaning (7):
- move from one place to another
Example in sentence:- transfer the data;
- transfer the patient to another hospital;
- transmit the news
Meaning (8):
- move around
Example in sentence:- transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket
Meaning (9):
- send from one person or place to another
Meaning (10):
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
Example in sentence:- Transplant the young rice plants
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