English > transfer: 15 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of moving something from one location to another. |
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| Synonyms | transportation, transport, transferral, conveyance |
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| Parts | pickup | The act of taking aboard passengers or freight |
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| Narrower | airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
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| carry | The act of carrying something |
| connection, connexion | shifting from one form of transportation to another |
| delivery, bringing | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) |
| drive | The act of driving a herd of animals overland |
| lighterage | The transportation of goods on a lighter |
| resettlement, relocation | The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) |
| teleportation | A hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation |
| transshipment | The transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment |
| Broader | movement | The act of changing the location of something |
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| Spanish | transferencia, transporte |
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| Catalan | transferència, transport |
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| Verbs | transfer | move from one place to another |
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English > transfer: 15 senses > verb 2, possession| Meaning | Move from one place to another. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Examples | - "transfer the data"
- "transfer the patient to another hospital"
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| Narrower | FTP | Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another |
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| commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge | Cause to be admitted |
| convey, transmit, communicate | transfer to another |
| download | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location |
| export | Transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs |
| import | Transfer (electronic data) into a database or document |
| load | Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory |
| mail, post, send | Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place |
| offload | transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data |
| offset | Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface |
| post, carry | transfer (entries) from one account book to another |
| send, get off, send off | transfer |
| spool | transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage |
| translocate | Move from one place to another, especially of wild animals |
| upload | transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | transbordar, transferir, transmitir |
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| Catalan | transbordar, transferir, transmetre |
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| Nouns | transfer, transferral | the act of moving something from one location to another |
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| transfer | the act of transfering something from one form to another |
| transferrer | someone who transfers something |
English > transfer: 15 senses > verb 4, motion| Meaning | Move around. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Example | "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" |
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| Synonym | shift |
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| Narrower | bunker | transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse |
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| carry | transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next / next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication |
| carry over, carry forward | transfer from one time period to the next |
| remove, transfer | shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes |
| shuffle | Move about, move back and forth |
| shunt | transfer to another track, of trains |
| translocate | transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position |
| transpose | transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality |
| transship | transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | transferir, transportar, trasladar |
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| Catalan | mudar, transbordar, transferir, transportar, traslladar, traspassar |
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| Nouns | transferrer | someone who transfers something |
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English > transfer: 15 senses > verb 5, possession| Meaning | Cause to change ownership. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s to somebody; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
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| Example | "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
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| Cause to | change hands, change owners | Be transferred to another owner |
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| Entails | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Entailed by | remit | Send (money) in payment |
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| Narrower | alien, alienate | transfer property or ownership |
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| assign | transfer one's right to |
| convey | transmit a title or property |
| demise | Transfer by a lease or by a will |
| desacralize, secularize | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control |
| distribute | make available |
| exchange, change, interchange | Give to, and receive from, one another |
| give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| negociate | transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received |
| pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
| Spanish | transferir |
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| Catalan | transferir |
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| Nouns | transfer, transference | transferring ownership |
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| transferer, transferrer | someone who transfers something |
| transferor | (law) someone who conveys a title or property to another |
English > transfer: 15 senses > verb 7, contact| Meaning | Send from one person or place to another. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Model | They transfer the parcel to their parents |
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| Synonyms | transmit, transport, channel, channelize, channelise |
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| Narrower | bring, get, convey, fetch | go or come after and bring or take back |
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| project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another |
| propagate | transmit |
| send, send out | To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place |
| translate | Bring to a certain spiritual state |
| turn, release | Let (something) fall or spill from a container |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | canalizar, conducir, encauzar, transferir, transmitir, transportar |
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| Catalan | canalitzar, transferir, transportar |
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| Nouns | transfer | the act of transfering something from one form to another |
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| transferer, transferrer | someone who transfers something |
| transferral | the act of moving something from one location to another |
