transfer
trans·fer AW [transfer transfers transferred transferring] verb, noun
verb BrE [trænsˈfɜː(r)] ; NAmE [trænsˈfɜːr] (-rr-)
TO NEW PLACE
1. intransitive, transitive to move from one place to another; to move sth/sb from one place to another
•~ (from…) (to…) The film studio is transferring to Hollywood.
• (especially NAmE) If I spend a semester in Madrid, will my credits transfer?
•~ sth/sb (from…) (to…) How can I transfer money from my bank account to his?
•The patient was transferred to another hospital.
• (especially NAmE)I couldn't transfer all my credits from junior college.
TO NEW JOB/SCHOOL/SITUATION
2. intransitive, transitive to move from one job, school, situation, etc. to another; to arrange for sb to move
•~ (from…) (to…) Children usually transfer to secondary school at 11 or 12.
• He transferred to UCLA after his freshman year.
•~ sb (from…) (to…) Ten employees are being transferred from the sales department.
FEELING/DISEASE/POWER
3. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (from…) (to…) if you transfer a feeling, a disease, or power, etc, or if it transfers from one person to another, the second person has it, often instead of the first
•Joe had already transferred his affections from Lisa to Cleo.
•I decided to transfer my loyalty to my local team.
•This disease is rarely transferred from mother to baby (= so that the baby has it as well as the mother).
PROPERTY
4. transitive ~ sth (to sb) to officially arrange for sth to belong to sb else or for sb else to control sth
Syn: sign over
•He transferred the property to his son.
IN SPORT
5. intransitive, transitive (especially BrE)to move, or to move sb, to a different sports team, especially a professional football ( ↑soccer ) team
•~ (from…) (to…) He transferred to Everton for £6 million.
•~ sb (from…) (to…) He was transferred from Spurs to Arsenal for a huge fee.
TO NEW VEHICLE
6. intransitive, transitive to change to a different vehicle during a journey; to arrange for sb to change to a different vehicle during a journey
•~ (from…) (to…) I transferred at Bahrain for a flight to Singapore.
•~ sb (from…) (to…) Passengers are transferred from the airport to the hotel by taxi.
INFORMATION/MUSIC, ETC.
7. transitive, intransitive to copy information, music, an idea, etc. from one method of recording or presenting it to another; to be recorded or presented in a different way
•~ sth (from sth) (to sth) You can transfer data to a memory stick in a few seconds.
•~ (from sth) (to sth) The novel does not transfer well to the movies.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French transférer or Latin transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The earliest use of the noun (late 17th cent.) was as a legal term in the sense ‘conveyance of property’.
Example Bank:
•Assets can be transferred overseas.
•Can the disease be transferred across species?
•Data is easily transferred electronically.
•She transferred the gravy into a gravy boat.
•She transferred the sauce into a china jug.
•Skills cannot be transferred directly from a trainer to a trainee.
•Sovereignty was formally transferred on December 27.
•transferring assets abroad
noun BrE [ˈtrænsfɜː(r)] ; NAmE [ˈtrænsfɜːr]
CHANGE OF PLACE/JOB/SITUATION
1. uncountable, countable the act of moving sb/sth from one place, group or job to another; an occasion when this happens
•electronic data transfer
•the transfer of currency from one country to another
• He has asked for a transfer to the company's Paris branch.
• After the election there was a swift transfer of power.
IN SPORT
2. uncountable, countable the act of moving a sports player from one club or team to another
•It was the first goal he had scored since his transfer from Chelsea.
•a transfer fee
•to be on the transfer list (= available to join another club)
CHANGE OF VEHICLE
3. uncountable, countable an act of changing to a different place, vehicle or route when you are travelling
•The transfer from the airport to the hotel is included in the price.
TRAIN/BUS TICKET
4. countable (NAmE)a ticket that allows a passenger to continue their journey on another bus or train
PICTURE
5. countable (especially BrE) (NAmE usually decal)a picture or design that can be removed from a piece of paper and stuck onto a surface, for example by being pressed or heated
PSYCHOLOGY
6. uncountable (psychology)the process of using behaviour which has already been learned in one situation in a new situation
see also ↑language transfer
Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French transférer or Latin transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The earliest use of the noun (late 17th cent.) was as a legal term in the sense ‘conveyance of property’.
Example Bank:
•Her boss recommended a permanent transfer overseas.
•His club have given him a free transfer.
•I did a file transfer from one PC to another.
•Only the owner can make a transfer of goods.
•The law schools accept a large number of second-year transfer students.
•The war caused a massive transfer of population.
•There has been a net transfer of lower-paid people away from the inner cities.
•data transfer rates of 6.4 GB per second
•the smooth transfer of power to the new government
•the transfer of power/sovereignty
•the transfer of property between private buyers
See also: ↑decal
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