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transfer

The correct spelling is transfer.

How to pronounce transfer

/ˈtɹænzfɜː/
noun

IPA: /ˈtɹænzfɜː/

Say it like: Tra-nsf-er

The correct spelling is transfer. The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another. For example: "to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion"

Usage Examples

to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion

to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone

The title to land is transferred by deed.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
  2. 2.An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
  3. 3.A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
  4. 4.A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
  5. 5.A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.

verb

  1. 1.To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
  2. 2.To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
  3. 3.To be or become transferred.
  4. 4.To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.

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