transfer
Forms
- present (v1)
- transfer
- past (v2)
- transferred
- past participle (v3)
- transferred
- present participle
- transferring
- 3rd person singular
- transfers
- Plural
- transfers
Definitions
1.To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
2.To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
3.To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
4.To be or become transferred.
1.The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
2.An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
3.An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.
4.A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2477
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t
Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns
Proto-Italic *trāns-
Latin trāns-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti