transfer
1. the act of moving something from one location to another (Freq. 20)
• Syn:
transportation, transport, transferral, conveyance
• Derivationally related forms:
convey (for: conveyance), transfer (for: transferral), transport (for: transport), transport (for: transportation)
• Hypernyms:
movement
• Hyponyms:
transshipment, airlift, lift, connection, connexion,
delivery, bringing, drive, carry, lighterage, resettlement,
relocation, teleportation
• Part Meronyms:
pickup
2. someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another (Freq. 1)
- the best student was a transfer from LSU
• Syn:
transferee
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
3. the act of transfering something from one form to another (Freq. 1)
- the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise
• Syn:
transference
• Hypernyms:
change of state
4. a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
• Hypernyms:
ticket
5. application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
• Syn:
transfer of training, carry-over
• Derivationally related forms:
carry over (for: carry-over)
• Hypernyms:
learning, acquisition
• Hyponyms:
generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation
6. transferring ownership
• Syn:
transference
• Derivationally related forms:
transfer (for: transference)
• Hypernyms:
transaction, dealing, dealings
• Hyponyms:
alienation, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying,
quitclaim, lend-lease, lease-lend, secularization, secularisation
1. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
reassign
• Derivationally related forms:
reassignment (for: reassign)
• Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
• Hyponyms:
second, exchange
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
2. move from one place to another (Freq. 6)
- transfer the data
- transmit the news
- transfer the patient to another hospital
• Derivationally related forms:
transferrer, transferral
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
mail, post, send, get off, send off,
convey, transmit, communicate, load, offset, import,
export, offload, carry, FTP, spool, download,
upload, commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, charge, translocate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. lift and reset in another soil or situation (Freq. 6)
- Transplant the young rice plants
• Syn:
transplant
• Derivationally related forms:
transferer, transferrer, transplant (for: transplant), transplantation (for: transplant), transplanter (for: transplant), transplanting (for: transplant)
• Hypernyms:
displace
• Verb Group:
transplant
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. move around (Freq. 5)
- transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket
• Syn:
shift
• Derivationally related forms:
shift (for: shift), transferrer
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
transpose, shunt, carry, shuffle, transship,
bunker, carry over, carry forward, remove, translocate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. cause to change ownership (Freq. 1)
- I transferred my stock holdings to my children
• Derivationally related forms:
transferer, transferrer, transferor, transference
• Hyponyms:
give, demise, alien, alienate, negociate,
convey, desacralize, secularize, assign, pass, hand,
hand, pass on, turn over, exchange, change,
interchange, distribute
• Entailment:
move, displace
• Cause:
change hands, change owners
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s to somebody
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
6. change from one vehicle or transportation line to another (Freq. 1)
- She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast
• Syn:
change
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- They transfer
7. send from one person or place to another (Freq. 1)
- transmit a message
• Syn:
transmit, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
• Derivationally related forms:
channelisation (for: channelise), channelization (for: channelize), channel (for: channelize), channelization (for: channel), channelisation (for: channel), channel (for: channel), transport (for: transport), transferer, transferrer, transferral, transmission (for: transmit), transmitter (for: transmit), transmitting (for: transmit), transmittal (for: transmit)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
bring, get, convey, fetch, project,
propagate, translate, turn, release, send, send out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They transfer the parcel to their parents
8. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- He removed his children to the countryside
- Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city
- remove a case to another court
• Syn:
remove
• Derivationally related forms:
transferer, transferrer
• Hypernyms:
shift
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
9. transfer from one place or period to another
- The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America
• Syn:
transpose, transplant
• Hypernyms:
shift
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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