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to transfer

to transfer

82 3.0
To change from one vehicle to another during a trip
  • verb
  • /ˈtrænsfɜr/
translation icon : hacer transbordo
  • At Dallas, the passengers were transferred to the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas line.
  • passengers transfer between lines
  • transfer to line 4

Examples

  • Make sure to transfer your luggage to the new flight before it departs.

  • After getting off the train, I had to transfer to a bus to reach my final destination.

  • You all need to get out and transfer to the next 2.

  • I'll transfer to customer service.

  • Many staff members had left for other jobs or transferred to other units.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Just got off the subway and now I have to transfer to a bus and this will be my second time riding the bus.

  • Second, the barriers to transferring out of community college must be high.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Accreditation can help a student transfer academic credits from one U.S. institution to another.

    Academic text (1990)
  • You're transferring to Gran Nacional for Mexico City and Qantas for Sydney.

  • We need to transfer to a different line at the next station to continue our journey.

Synonyms

to take
vsto transfer
1.0

Go somewhere by a particular vehicle or route

involves changing vehicles or lines during the journey rather than using one route
to switch
vsto transfer
756 2.0

To change one thing or person for another

is limited to moving between vehicles or lines during a journey
to change
vsto transfer
41 1.8

To move from one bus or train to another to continue a journey

is the standard transport term for that same action

Antonyms

111 3.4

To remain in a place or job after others leave

Compounds

3 4.5

Money the government gives people who need help without goods or services

transfer tax
  • Formal
1 6.3

A charge you pay when property goes from one person to another

1 4.4

Sharing information and skills from one person or group to another

1 4.2

A voluntary change of who owns something that follows the law

transfer agent
  • Specialized
1 7.9

An organization that keeps records of a company's stock owners and handles transfers and cancellations of stock certificates

Paper with a special coating that lets you move a design onto another surface often using heat

transfer RNA
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A small molecule in a cell that carries amino acids to ribosomes to make proteins

A way to share files over a network that lets people download without a password

A fast digital way to send small pieces of data that are the same size, such as voice and video

3.7

A standard way for computers to send files to each other over the internet

knowledge transfer
  • Specialized
4.1

Using what one trained model learned to help another model perform better

A set of rules that lets browsers get web pages from servers

Using skills or knowledge learned in one place in another similar situation

A lab method for making clones by moving a body cell's center into an egg cell without one

How Direct

to transfer
82 3.0
to change
41 1.8

Surface Forms

transfer infinitive
transferred past participle
transferring present participle
transfers third person singular

Morphology

transfer = trans + fer

Formed from Latin combining elements trans- + -fer (carry); these are not standalone, productive English morphemes, so a B1 learner cannot reliably infer the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

The word transfer comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and ferre 'to carry', and it is like ferry, which carries people across water. To transfer trains or buses is to 'carry' your trip 'across' to another vehicle.