B1 [ T ] to move someone or something from one place, vehicle, person, or group to another:
He has been transferred to a psychiatric hospital.
She transferred her gun from its shoulder holster to her handbag.
We were transferred from one bus into another.
Police are investigating how £20 million was illegally transferred from/out of the trust's bank account.
The aim is to transfer power/control/responsibility to self-governing regional councils.
to arrange for someone to answer phone calls received on one telephone on another telephone:
I'll be upstairs, so could you transfer my phone calls up there, please?
B2 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to change to a different job, team, place of work, etc., or to make someone do this:
After a year he transferred to University College, Dublin.
My employer wanted to transfer me to another department.
Some very high-profile players have transferred to clubs abroad.
He threatened to give up playing if his club didn't transfer him (= sell him to another team).
[ T ] to make something the legal property of another person:
She transferred the house to her daughter before she died.