transfer
To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
Example
“to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion”
Other meanings
To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
“to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone”
To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
“transfer to the Blue Line”
Related words
- acetyltransfer
- aminotransfer
- biotransfer
- cotransfer
- electrotransfer
- mistransfer
- retransfer
- retrotransfer
- transferability
- transferrer
- transferror
- transferable
Word history
From Latin "trānsferō" (to bear across).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “transfer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.