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TRANSFERRAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("transferral" is a kind of...):
movement (the act of changing the location of something)
Meronyms (parts of "transferral"):
pickup (the act of taking aboard passengers or freight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transferral"):
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 (send from one person or place to another)
transfer (move from one place to another)
