word-vault/dist/data/cards/tr/transfer.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "transfer",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "transfer",
            "heSheIt": "transfers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "transferred",
        "pastParticiple": "transferred",
        "ingForm": "transferring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move from one place to another; to move something/somebody from one place to another",
            "sensetop": "transfer (to something)transfer from something to somethingtransfer something/somebody from something to somethingtransfer something/somebody to somethingtransfer something/somebody from somethingtransfer somethingtransfer something into/onto somethingtransfer something between A and B",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The film studio is transferring to Hollywood.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If I spend a semester in Madrid, will my credits transfer?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The system only allows air to go one way, preventing air from transferring from one tire to another.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer from something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can I transfer money from my bank account to his?",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something/somebody from something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The patient was transferred to another hospital.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something/somebody to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't transfer all my credits from junior college.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something/somebody from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Assets can be transferred overseas.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She transferred the sauce into a china jug.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something into/onto something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The honeybee transfers pollen between flowers.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Customers still can't easily transfer money between accounts."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "directly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "between", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to move from one job, school, situation, etc. to another; to arrange for somebody to move",
            "sensetop": "transfer to somethingtransfer from somethingtransfer from something to somethingtransfer somebody from somethingtransfer somebody to somethingtransfer somebody from something to somethingtransfer somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Children usually transfer to secondary school at 11 or 12.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is her first season in the Ohio State team after transferring from Tennessee.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students can transfer from a community college to a university.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer from something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He transferred to UCLA after his freshman year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ten employees are being transferred from the sales department.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer somebody from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His superiors transferred him to easier assignments.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer somebody to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was promoted and transferred from the department of law to the Institute of Legal Studies.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer somebody from something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "98 percent of our patients are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer somebody"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "directly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "between", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to change to a different vehicle during a journey; to arrange for somebody to change to a different vehicle during a journey",
            "sensetop": "transfer from something to somethingtransfer somebody from something to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a relief, after transferring from ship to ship, to just sit and relax.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer from something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I transferred at Bahrain for a flight to Singapore."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passengers are transferred from the airport to the hotel by taxi.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer somebody from something to something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "directly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "between", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to copy information, music, an idea, etc. from one method of recording or presenting it to another; to be recorded or presented in a different way",
            "sensetop": "transfer something to somethingtransfer somethingtransfer something from something (to something)transfer to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can transfer data to a memory stick in a few seconds.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Data is easily transferred electronically.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can transfer songs from your computer to a phone.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer something from something (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel does not transfer well to the movies.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An audio file should transfer in a matter of minutes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "directly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "between", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "if you transfer a feeling, a disease, or power, etc. from one person to another, the second person has it, often instead of the first",
            "sensetop": "transfer something (from…) (to…)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Joe had already transferred his affections from Lisa to Cleo."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I decided to transfer my loyalty to my local team."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This disease is sometimes transferred from mother to baby *(= so that the baby has it as well as the mother)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can the disease be transferred across species?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Skills cannot be transferred directly from a trainer to a trainee."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "directly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "between", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to officially arrange for something to belong to somebody else or for somebody else to control something",
            "sensetop": "transfer something (to somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He transferred the property to his son."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sovereignty was formally transferred on December 27."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "sign over",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "directly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "between", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to move, or to move somebody, to a different sports team, especially a professional football (soccer) team",
            "sensetop": "transfer (from…) (to…)transfer somebody (from…) (to…)",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He transferred to Everton for £60 million.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer (from…) (to…)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was transferred from Spurs to Arsenal for a huge fee.",
                    "contextForm": "transfer somebody (from…) (to…)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "directly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "between", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to send a phone call that you have received to another phone number",
            "sensetop": "transfer something/somebody (to something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll just transfer you to customer service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Customers are able to transfer calls from their landline to their mobile."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜː(r)/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transfer__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜːz/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transfers__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜːd/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transferred__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜːrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transferring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜːr/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transfer__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜːrz/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transfers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜːrd/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transferred__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænsˈfɜːrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "tr/transfer/transferring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb): from French transférer or Latin transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The earliest use of the noun (late 17th cent.) was as a legal term in the sense ‘conveyance of property’."
}