(~red)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something or someone from one place to another, or they ~ from one place to another, they go from the first place to the second.
Remove the wafers with a spoon and ~ them to a plate...
The person can ~ from wheelchair to seat with relative ease.
VERB: V n from/to n, V from/to n
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Transfer is also a noun.
Arrange for the ~ of medical records to your new doctor...
N-VAR: oft N of n
2.
If something is ~red, or ~s, from one person or group of people to another, the second person or group gets it instead of the first.
I realized she’d ~red all her love from me to you...
On 1 December the presidency of the Security Council automatically ~s from the US to Yemen.
VERB: V n from/to n, V from/to n
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Transfer is also a noun.
...the ~ of power from the old to the new regimes.
N-VAR: usu N of n
3.
Technology ~ is the process or act by which a country or organization which has developed new technology enables another country or organization to use the technology.
The Philippines needs capital and technology ~...
N-VAR: supp N, N of n
4.
In professional sports, if a player ~s or is ~red from one club to another, they leave one club and begin playing for another. (BRIT)
...Nick Barmby who ~red from Spurs to Middlesbrough...
He was ~red from Crystal Palace to Arsenal for ?2.5 million.
VERB: V from/to n, be V-ed from/to n, also V n from/to n
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Transfer is also a noun. (in AM, use trade )
...Gascoigne’s ~ to the Italian club, Lazio.
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5.
If you are ~red, or if you ~, to a different job or place, you move to a different job or start working in a different place.
I was ~red to the book department...
I suspect that she is going to be ~red...
Anton was able to ~ from Lavine’s to an American company.
VERB: be V-ed from/to n, be V-ed, V from/to n, also V n, V n from/to n
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Transfer is also a noun.
They will be offered ~s to other locations.
N-VAR: oft N to n
6.
When information is ~red onto a different medium, it is copied from one medium to another.
Such information is easily ~red onto microfilm.
...systems to create film-quality computer effects and then ~ them to film.
VERB: be V-ed onto/to n, V n onto/to n
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Transfer is also a noun.
It can be connected to a PC for the ~ of information.
...data ~.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, N of n, n N
7.
When property or land is ~red, it stops being owned by one person or institution and becomes owned by another. (LEGAL)
He has already ~red ownership of most of the works to a British foundation...
Certain kinds of property are ~red automatically at death.
VERB: V n from/to n, be V-ed, also V n
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Transfer is also a noun.
...an outright ~ of property.
N-VAR: oft N of n
8.
If you ~ or are ~red when you are on a journey, you change from one vehicle to another.
He likes to ~ from the bus to the Blue Line at 103rd Street in Watts...
1,654 passengers were ~red at sea to a Norwegian cruise ship.
VERB: V from/to n, be V-ed from/to n
9.
Transfers are pieces of paper with a design on one side. The design can be ~red by heat or pressure onto material, paper, or china for decoration.
...gold letter ~s.
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