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transfer
[trans-fur, trans-fer, trans-fer]
verb (used with object)
to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another.
He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
to cause to pass from one person to another, as thought, qualities, or power; transmit.
Law.to make over the possession or control of.
to transfer a title to land.
to imprint, impress, or otherwise convey (a drawing, design, pattern, etc.) from one surface to another.
verb (used without object)
to remove oneself from one place to another.
to transfer from the New York office to London.
to withdraw from one school, college, or the like, and enter another.
I transferred from Rutgers to Tulane.
to be moved from one place to another.
to transfer to overseas duty.
to change by means of a transfer from one bus, train, or the like, to another.
noun
a means or system of transferring.
an act of transferring.
the fact of being transferred.
a point or place for transferring.
a ticket entitling a passenger to continue a journey on another bus, train, or the like.
a drawing, design, pattern, or the like, that is or may be transferred from one surface to another, usually by direct contact.
a person who changes or is changed from one college, military unit, business department, etc., to another.
Law.a conveyance, by sale, gift, or otherwise, of real or personal property, to another.
Finance.the act of having the ownership of a stock or registered bond transferred.
Also called transfer of training.Psychology.the positive or negative influence of prior learning on subsequent learning.
Also called language transfer.Linguistics.the application of native-language rules in attempted performance in a second language, in some cases resulting in deviations from target-language norms and in other cases facilitating second-language acquisition.
adjective
of, relating to, or involving transfer payments.
transfer
verb
to change or go or cause to change or go from one thing, person, or point to another
they transferred from the Park Hotel to the Imperial
she transferred her affections to her dog
to change (buses, trains, etc)
law to make over (property, etc) to another; convey
to displace (a drawing, design, etc) from one surface to another
(of a football player, esp a professional) to change clubs or (of a club, manager, etc) to sell or release (a player) to another club
to leave one school, college, etc, and enrol at another
to change (the meaning of a word, etc), esp by metaphorical extension
noun
the act, process, or system of transferring, or the state of being transferred
a person or thing that transfers or is transferred
( as modifier )
a transfer student
a design or drawing that is transferred from one surface to another, as by ironing a printed design onto cloth
law the passing of title to property or other right from one person to another by act of the parties or by operation of law; conveyance
finance
the act of transferring the title of ownership to shares or registered bonds in the books of the issuing enterprise
( as modifier )
transfer deed
transfer form
any document or form effecting or regulating a transfer
a ticket that allows a passenger to change routes
Other 51Թ Forms
- transferable adjective
- transferrable adjective
- transferability noun
- transferrer noun
- nontransferability noun
- nontransferable adjective
- retransfer noun
- untransferable adjective
- untransferred adjective
- untransferring adjective
- ٰԲˈڱ adjective
- ˌٰԲڱˈٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of transfer1
Example Sentences
Critics also have seized upon Sheinbaum’s comments last month — weeks before the L.A. protests — calling on Mexicans in the United States to “mobilize” against a planned U.S. tax on cash transfers to Mexico.
He was transferred to Rowcroft after several weeks in hospital, during which he says he had dark and desperate times because of the pain.
"These gangs come to the school gun-wielding. Our lives are at risk. Teachers at the school are asking for transfers because they don't feel safe."
Too sick to be discharged yet lacking the identification they need to be transferred to a more appropriate facility, they stay at L.A.’s busiest trauma hospital for weeks.
This kind of transfer of an evolutionary adaptation to a new context is called "exaptation."
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Transfer is an excellent example of how a little knowledge of Latin can go a long way.Transfer entered English around 1350–40. It ultimately derives from the Latin verb ٰԲferre, which principally meant “to carry or bring across.” The verb is composed of two parts. The first part is ٰԲ-, a prefix based on the adverb and preposition ٰԲ, meaning “across, beyond, through.” The second part is ferre, a verb meaning “to bear, carry,” among many other senses. The English verb bear, as in “bearing a load,” is actually an etymological cousin to the Latin ferre.հԲ- and ferre appear in many other English words. Let’s start with ferre. Prefer comes from the Latin praeferre, “to bear or set before” (learn more at pre-, preference). Refer comes from the Latin referre, “to bring back” (re-, reference). Infer comes from inferre, “to bring in” (in-, inference). This next origin may put a new spin on the word for you: suffer comes from sufferre, literally “to bear under,” with suf- a variant of sub- вԻ.” Defer and deference ultimately comes from—slight curveball here—differre, “to bear apart, carry away.” Differre is also the source of differ, different, and difference.Now for ٰԲ-. հԲ- was incredibly productive in Latin. That means it was used to produce many new words, especially verbs (and their related forms) that have made their way into English, including:
Does knowing that ٰԲ- means “across, beyond, through” shed any new light on what these words mean?Some other common words directly derived from Latin and featuring ٰԲ- are transit, translucent, and transparent.հԲ-, naturalized as trans-, is also very productive in English. Some familiar examples include transconintental, trans-fat, and transgender.Dig deeper Translate is another word related to transfer—and not just because they both feature the trans- prefix.Now, English has irregular verbs: saw is the past tense of see, for instance, and bought is the past tense of buy. Latin had irregular verbs, too, as do many other languages. Without getting too technical, the verb ferre (meaning, if you’ll recall, “to carry”) formed past tenses based on ٳܱī (“I carried”), and formed part participles based on ٳܲ. That means translate is derived from the past participle form of transfer: ٰԲٳܲ, literally “carried across,” as in a text that has been copied over.Isn’t it wild how so many words are related? Yep, relate—along with relationship, relation, and many other words—comes from the past participle form of referre (“to carry back,” source of refer), which was reٳܲ.
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