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TRANSFER

Irregular inflected forms: transferred    , transferring   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of transfering something from one form to another

Example:

the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise

Synonyms:

transfer; transference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Derivation:

transfer (send from one person or place to another)

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of moving something from one location to another

Synonyms:

conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Meronyms (parts of "transfer"):

pickup (the act of taking aboard passengers or freight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfer"):

transshipment (the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment)

airlift; lift (transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable))

connection; connexion (shifting from one form of transportation to another)

bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))

drive (the act of driving a herd of animals overland)

carry (the act of carrying something)

lighterage (the transportation of goods on a lighter)

relocation; resettlement (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; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another)

Derivation:

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Transferring ownership

Synonyms:

transfer; transference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfer"):

secularisation; secularization (transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession)

lease-lend; lend-lease (the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause)

quitclaim (act of transferring a title or right or claim to another)

conveyance; conveyance of title; conveyancing; conveying (act of transferring property title from one person to another)

alienation ((law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another)

Derivation:

transfer (cause to change ownership)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

Synonyms:

carry-over; transfer; transfer of training

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfer"):

generalisation; generalization; stimulus generalisation; stimulus generalization ((psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

ticket (a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment))

Derivation:

transfer (change from one vehicle or transportation line to another)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another

Example:

the best student was a transfer from LSU

Synonyms:

transfer; transferee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("transfer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

transfer (transfer somebody to a different position or location of work)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer from one place or period to another

Example:

The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America

Synonyms:

transfer; transplant; transpose

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

shift (move from one setting or context to another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Send from one person or place to another

Example:

transmit a message

Synonyms:

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)

project (transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another)

propagate (transmit)

translate (bring to a certain spiritual state)

release; turn (let (something) fall or spill from a container)

send; send out (to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They transfer the parcel to their parents

Derivation:

transfer (the act of transfering something from one form to another)

transferer (someone who transfers something)

transferral (the act of moving something from one location to another)

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lift and reset in another soil or situation

Example:

Transplant the young rice plants

Synonyms:

transfer; transplant

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Verb group:

transplant (be transplantable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

transferer; transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Move around

Example:

transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket

Synonyms:

shift; transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

translocate (transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position)

remove; transfer (shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes)

carry forward; carry over (transfer from one time period to the next)

bunker (transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse)

transship (transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another)

shuffle (move about, move back and forth)

carry (transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication)

shunt (transfer to another track, of trains)

transpose (transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes

Example:

remove a case to another court

Synonyms:

remove; transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

shift; transfer (move around)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

exfiltrate (transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

transferrer; transferer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

Example:

She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast

Synonyms:

change; transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They transfer

Derivation:

transfer (a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to change ownership

Example:

I transferred my stock holdings to my children

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

"Transfer" entails doing...:

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

distribute (make available)

change; exchange; interchange (give to, and receive from, one another)

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

assign (transfer one's right to)

desacralize; secularize (transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control)

convey (transmit a title or property)

negociate (transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received)

alien; alienate (transfer property or ownership)

demise (transfer by a lease or by a will)

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

transfer; transference (transferring ownership)

transferer (someone who transfers something)

transferor ((law) someone who conveys a title or property to another)

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Move from one place to another

Example:

transfer the patient to another hospital

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

translocate (move from one place to another, especially of wild animals)

charge; commit; institutionalise; institutionalize; send (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution)

upload (transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location)

download (transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location)

spool (transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage)

FTP (use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another)

carry; post (transfer (entries) from one account book to another)

offload (transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data)

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)

offset (cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface)

load (transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory)

communicate; convey; transmit (transfer to another)

get off; send; send off (transfer)

mail; post; send (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

transfer (the act of transfering something from one form to another)

transfer; transferral (the act of moving something from one location to another)

transferrer (someone who transfers something)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

Synonyms:

reassign; transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "transfer" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfer"):

second (transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment)

exchange (hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

transfer (someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor with hypocholesterolemic properties.

(Anacetrapib, NCI Thesaurus)

Biosynthesis of O-glycans starts from the transfer of N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) to serine or threonine.

(O-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Thus, these agents are especially useful for gene transfer into neuronal cells.

(Adenovirus Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

Transfer of a nucleus from one cell to another.

(Nuclear Transfer, NCI Thesaurus)

Akt enzymes help to transfer signals inside cells.

(Akt, NCI Dictionary)

Non-viral gene transduction agents used to transfer genes or genetic materials, such as bacterial and lipid complexes.

(Non-Viral Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

Another type of RNA, called transfer RNA (tRNA), binds to amino acids.

(Genes Can be Read in Different Ways, NIH, US)

A device designed to transfer a substance to a surface.

(Applicator Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Arginine is the only physiological substrate for NOS which, in eukaryotic cells, generates NO and L-citrulline from L-arginine and molecular oxygen in a five-electron transfer reaction.

(Amino-Arginine, NCI Thesaurus)