transferverb
uk/trænsˈfɜːr/us/ˈtræns.fɝː/-rr-B1 [ T ] to move someone or something from one place, vehicle, person, or group to another:
to arrange for someone to answer phone calls received on one telephone on another telephone:
B2 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to change to a different job, team, place of work, etc., or to make someone do this:
[ T ] to make something the legal property of another person:
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- The new government's policy is to transfer state industries from the public sector to the private sector.
- It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.
- I transferred the mixture to an oven-proof dish.
- She has transferred her affection to someone else now.
- He transferred to the Paris branch in May.
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- bike
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- pick sb/sth up
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transport
- transportation
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transfernoun
uk/ˈtræns.fɜːr/us/ˈtræns.fɝː/transfer noun (MOVE/CHANGE)
B2 the movement of something or someone from one place, position, etc. to another:
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- His transfer to Liverpool hit the headlines.
- Any transfer of cash must be registered.
- The transfer of responsibility to our department means a heavier workload.
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Promoting staff
- aggrandizement
- ascend
- career-limiting
- demote
- depute
- elevation
- exalt
- fast track
- free transfer
- handover
- in the wilderness idiom
- install
- promotion
- rank
- second 1
- subordination
- time-scale promotion
- upgradation
- upshifter
- vault
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transfer noun (SPORTS)
[ C ] a player who has moved from one sports team to another:
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- defence
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- underdog
- winger
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transfer noun (TRANSPORT)
[ C ] transport provided between two places, for example between an airport and hotel:
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Travelling
- backpacking
- bum around (somewhere)
- catch
- connect
- cover
- cruise
- destination
- gad about/around (somewhere)
- gallivant
- have sth, will travel idiom
- override
- ply
- road
- roam
- tootle
- tourist class
- travel
- travelled
- voyage
- well travelled
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transfer noun (TRAVEL TICKET)
[ C ] US a ticket that allows a passenger to change routes or to change from one bus or train to another
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Tickets
- apex
- boarding pass
- coach class
- day return
- economy class
- MetroCard
- Oyster card
- pass
- railcard
- rain check
- return
- return ticket
- season ticket
- single
- subscription
- ticket
- ticketless
- timed ticket
- walk-up price
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transfer noun (PATTERN)
[ C ] a picture or pattern that can be attached to a surface by pressing it against the surface and then rubbing or heating it:
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Pictures
- -scape
- abstract
- aquatint
- balloon
- canvas
- caricature
- cartoon
- graphics
- halo
- identikit
- illustration
- infographic
- pencil
- pixelated
- poster
- seascape
- self-portrait
- shade
- sketch
- speech bubble
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