TRANSFERRED Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

transferred

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past tense of transfer

as in ceded

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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expropriated

as in transmitted

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 sent

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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as in relocated

to change the place or position of transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse

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as in handed

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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as in passed

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another transferred the ball to the running back

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Recent Examples of transferred In some cases, the new owners were not aware that the responsibility of the tanks had been transferred to them. —

Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 Passengers were later transferred to another aircraft to complete their trip to Boston, with several praising the pilot for remaining calm under pressure. —

Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026 After the boy received lifesaving emergency care, the district transferred him to a different school without the mother’s knowledge or consent, the complaint alleges. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Belk had Fitzgerald, an undersized safety, in his room for one year after Fitzgerald transferred from NC State. —

Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026 Those documents also say the hospital violated its own policy by failing to let Hylton’s family know that he was transferred to the ICU and that his condition had gotten worse. —

Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026 In a statement to the Chronicle, HISD said some certified staff were transferred to the Secondary DAEP campus, while others were placed in positions across the district or moved to other campuses based on need. —

Claire Partain, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026 She was transferred to a more remote prison in Zanjan, a city that has since been targeted multiple times by air strikes. —

Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 Democrats have questioned why after the interview that Maxwell was transferred to a lower-security prison facility. —

Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026

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National space agencies like NASA and Roscosmos appear to have ceded all ground to Helios and Kuragin.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Having already ceded an even-strength tally and a man-advantage marker, the Ducks collected the entire set of goals against by allowing one shorthanded.

— Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026