Etymology From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.
To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
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To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
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TransportOf a traveler To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
transfer to the Blue Line
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To be or become transferred.
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Law To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
The title to land is transferred by deed.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To 'carry' or apply anything (a concept, a name...) from one type of thing to a different type of thing.
The ancient Romans named the planet Mars by transferring that name from a deity of their pantheon to the planet appearing in the night sky.
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To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
Etymology From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.
The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
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An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
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Transport An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.
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Transport A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
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A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
All passenger stock is lettered in shaded gold leaf transfers and has never been decorated with either a crest or monogram.1956 May, D. B. McNeill, “The Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
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A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
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Medicine, Sciences A pathological process by 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.
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Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
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Bridge, Games A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
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Canada, US, Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of transfer student.
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Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
Understanding car transfers and [wheelchair] loading in independent drivers is crucial to prevent shoulder pain and injury and preserve community participation.2015, Lisa Lighthall Haubert, et al, “Car transfer and wheelchair loading techniques in independent drivers with paraplegia”, in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology:
Transfers and bed mobility are a normal part of our daily activities. Going from lying down to sitting edge of bed, rolling, getting in/out of bed, sitting and standing from bed/chairs and toilet are all examples of transfers and bed mobility.2018, Bed Mobility and Transfers (PDF), Pioneer Network
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Human sciences, Linguistics, SciencesAbbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of language transfer.