English > transferral: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of moving something from one location to another. |
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| Synonyms | transportation, transport, transfer, 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 | send from one person or place to another |
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| transfer | move from one place to another |
