1
as in to cede
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
Claire's grandfather agreed to transfer certain stocks to her when she turned 18
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2
as in to transmit
to cause (something) to pass from one to another
they used Morse Code to transfer the message from one ship to another
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
will have to transfer you from our San Francisco office to our New York headquarters
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4
as in to move
to change the place or position of
transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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5
as in to leave
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
before she left the country, she transferred all her record books and important papers to her mother
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Recent Examples of transfer
Sherri was released from prison in August 2023 and transferred to a residential reentry facility in Sacramento County, Calif.
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 May 2025
Investigators said the money generated from the narcotics trafficking was taken to a broker in Brooklyn, New York, before it was laundered and transferred to Aguilar-Linares and others.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
But then officials said the baby had been sent to the local civil-affairs office, which had transferred her to an orphanage.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
She was turned over to ICE, sent to a processing center in Vermont and then transferred to the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 May 2025
Investigators said the money generated from the narcotics trafficking was taken to a broker in Brooklyn, New York, before it was laundered and transferred to Aguilar-Linares and others.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
But then officials said the baby had been sent to the local civil-affairs office, which had transferred her to an orphanage.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
She was turned over to ICE, sent to a processing center in Vermont and then transferred to the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer
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In some ways, NASA has long been moving in this direction, beginning with initiatives ceding most launch services to private industry in the 1990s.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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The Denali Commission took on project management responsibilities in 2016 but ceded control to the BIA three years ago after the agency announced a $25 million grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
29 May 2025
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These pick up signals from his neurons and transmit them wirelessly to his MacBook Pro.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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Other pathogens require more direct contact to be transmitted.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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If the influencers don’t send their deliverables within 48 hours the company reserves the right to charge their card on file with the full amount of their move.—
Bridget Read,
Curbed,
28 May 2025
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All of Avicii’s Albums Have Hit the Top 10 Avicii has sent half a dozen titles to the Official Dance Albums ranking.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Last month, the department moved ahead with negotiated rulemaking, a lengthy process that would result in changes to federal regulations.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The couple had been planning to move back to Montreal before the October 2024 incident.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2025
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The judge will be left to decide how the company should be punished, concluding the biggest tech antitrust case in 25 years.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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Scherzer left with an injury after three innings of work, and Syndergaard only gave up two runs in six innings amid a terrible season for him, but the Mets won 5-3.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Around a year ago, Marc Bernal took advantage of an opportunity handed to him by then-new head coach Hansi Flick, which entailed him training with the first team in preseason.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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During the video, Diggs pulls out a bag containing a pink substance and hands it to one of the women.—
Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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When fully staffed, a forecast office typically assigns rotating shifts to 12 or 15 operational workers in order to cover a complete 24-hour schedule.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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Deputy Prosecutors Tim Brown and Lindsey Lanham were assigned.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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But some storefronts have shuttered as fear has spread, said Marie Jean-Francois, 45, one business owner there.—
Mark Bonamo,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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That’s the message that national weather forecasters, emergency management directors and public officials also are spreading as this year’s Atlantic hurricane season starts today and continues through Nov. 30.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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“Transfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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