- transfer
- ♦♦transfers, transferring, transferred1) V-ERG If you transfer something or someone from one place to another, or they transfer from one place to another, they go from the first place to the second.
[V n from/to n] Remove the wafers with a spoon and transfer them to a plate...
[V n from/to n] He was transferred from Weston Hospital to Frenchay...
[V n from/to n] He wants to transfer some money to the account of his daughter...
[V from/to n] The person can transfer from wheelchair to seat with relative ease.
N-VAR: oft N of nTransfer is also a noun.Arrange for the transfer of medical records to your new doctor... The bank reserves the right to reverse any transfers or payments.
2) V-ERG If something is transferred, or transfers, from one person or group of people to another, the second person or group gets it instead of the first.[V n from/to n] I realized she'd transferred all her love from me to you...
[V n from/to n] The chances of the disease being transferred to humans is extremely remote...
[V from/to n] On 1 December the presidency of the Security Council automatically transfers from the US to Yemen.
N-VAR: usu N of nTransfer is also a noun....the transfer of power from the old to the new regimes.
3) N-VAR: supp N, N of n Technology transfer is the process or act by which a country or organization which has developed new technology enables another country or organization to use the technology.The Philippines needs capital and technology transfer...
There will be a transfer of technology from this country to Mongolia.
4) V-ERG In professional sports, for example football, soccer, or baseball, if a player transfers or is transferred from one club to another, they leave one club and begin playing for another. [BRIT][V from/to n] ...Nick Barmby who transferred from Spurs to Middlesbrough...
[be V-ed from/to n] He was transferred from Crystal Palace to Arsenal for ₤2.5 million. [Also V n from/to n]
N-COUNT5) V-ERG If you are transferred, or if you transfer, to a different job or place, you move to a different job or start working in a different place.[be V-ed from/to n] I was transferred to the book department...
[be V-ed] Many personnel departments began to take charge of deciding who should be transferred...
[V from/to n] Anton was able to transfer from Lavine's to an American company. [Also V n, V n from/to n]
N-VAR: oft N to nTransfer is also a noun.They will be offered transfers to other locations.
6) VERB When information is transferred onto a different medium, it is copied from one medium to another.[be V-ed onto/to n] Such information is easily transferred onto microfilm.
[V n onto/to n] ...systems to create film-quality computer effects and then transfer them to film.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, N of n, n NTransfer is also a noun.It can be connected to a PC for the transfer of information. ...data transfer.
7) VERB When property or land is transferred, it stops being owned by one person or institution and becomes owned by another. [LEGAL][V n from/to n] He has already transferred ownership of most of the works to a British foundation...
[be V-ed] Certain kinds of property are transferred automatically at death. [Also V n]
N-VAR: oft N of nTransfer is also a noun....an outright transfer of property.
8) V-ERG If you transfer or are transferred when you are on a journey, you change from one vehicle to another.[V from/to n] He likes to transfer from the bus to the Blue Line at 103rd Street in Watts...
[be V-ed from/to n] 1,654 passengers were transferred at sea to a Norwegian cruise ship.
9) N-COUNT Transfers are pieces of paper with a design on one side. The design can be transferred by heat or pressure onto material, paper, or china for decoration....gold letter transfers.
10) N-COUNT A transfer is a ticket that you get when you leave a bus or train that allows you to go on a different bus or train without paying again.
English dictionary. 2008.
