TRANSFERRING Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

transferring

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present participle of transfer

as in ceding

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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as in transmitting

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 sending

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 removing

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

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as in handing

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 passing

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

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Recent Examples of transferring When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals. —

Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026 Instead of actual Styrofoam, Artemis missions use the material Avcoat, which slowly burns away, transferring heat away from the Orion crew capsule. —

Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026 When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals. —

Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026 Australia's 2024 Social Media Minimum Age Act, effective December 2025, set a strict 16+ age for social media, transferring oversight from parents to tech companies. —

John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 His college career began at Indiana, before playing for Cincinnati the past two seasons and then transferring to reigning Big 12 Conference champion Texas Tech in January. —

CBS News, 17 June 2026 Georgia will be losing multiple key players this offseason such as Daniel Jackson, Tre Phelps, Kolby Branch and Joey Volchko to the MLB Draft and is expected to have some players transferring out. —

Hunter Delauder, AJC.com, 12 June 2026 His decision to throw his attention into football after transferring to the tiny Geneva School from Winter Park last year has paid huge dividends. —

Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026 Photonics, the use of light to transmit data, is an emerging technology considered to be a more efficient alternative to the current process of transferring data using electricity. —

Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 May 2026

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Eight years ago, from the same spot, Brooks Koepka elected to chip across the green into a front bunker, essentially ceding a bogey instead of risking a double, triple or worse.

— Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Our research found growing concern that organizations are ceding entry-level work to AI systems while reducing opportunities for junior talent to build critical thinking, judgment and interpersonal skills over time.

— Jennie Glazer, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026