1
as in cedes
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 transmits
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 sends
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 moves
to change the place or position of
transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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as in leaves
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 hands
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
transferred the ball to the running back
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Recent Examples of transfers
Using a flashback structure that details Eleanor’s life from the 1950s on, balanced against the present-day story of her two children, Black Cake transfers Wilkerson’s continent- and decades-spanning story to screen.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
In these systems, a dye molecule absorbs light and transfers the energy to a catalyst surface.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
According to the Israeli security agencies, the network receives, stores, and transfers Iranian funds from within Turkey.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Plurality simply chooses the candidates with the most first-place votes, while ranked choice voting eliminates the person with the fewest first-place votes and transfers their votes to the next candidate on each ballot.
—Andy Schultz, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
The federal government now transfers more than $40 billion annually from the general fund to the Highway Trust Fund, with approximately $10 billion of that representing a direct subsidy to the trucking industry.
—Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Freshman Shelton Henderson and transfers Tru Washington and Tre Donaldson each scored 18 points.
—Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
Spotify already supported TuneMyMusic, a third-party tool that transfers playlists between services such as Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal, and YouTube Music.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Another tool is auto-portability, a mechanism that automatically transfers a retirement plan to a new employer when someone changes jobs.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
In these systems, a dye molecule absorbs light and transfers the energy to a catalyst surface.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
According to the Israeli security agencies, the network receives, stores, and transfers Iranian funds from within Turkey.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Plurality simply chooses the candidates with the most first-place votes, while ranked choice voting eliminates the person with the fewest first-place votes and transfers their votes to the next candidate on each ballot.
—Andy Schultz, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
The federal government now transfers more than $40 billion annually from the general fund to the Highway Trust Fund, with approximately $10 billion of that representing a direct subsidy to the trucking industry.
—Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Freshman Shelton Henderson and transfers Tru Washington and Tre Donaldson each scored 18 points.
—Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
Spotify already supported TuneMyMusic, a third-party tool that transfers playlists between services such as Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal, and YouTube Music.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Another tool is auto-portability, a mechanism that automatically transfers a retirement plan to a new employer when someone changes jobs.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfers
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In this case, Davis is more amused than embarrassed, and soon cedes the new man to Winnie.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Zelensky doesn’t have the domestic backing necessary for a deal that cedes territory.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
28 Dec. 2025
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The CubeSat takes a high-definition image of its surroundings every 2 minutes and transmits it to the laptop.—
Joanna Goodrich,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2025
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In one of his stories a fabricator of artificial eyes creates a portable surveillance camera in the form of an egg-size eyeball that transmits images to its creator.—
Michael Dirda,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Dec. 2025
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Earlier this month, Dempsey was named to the newest cohort of Schwarzman Scholars, a prestigious fellowship program that sends graduate students to Tsinghua University in Beijing to study global affairs.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Candiace votes for Rob — a throwaway vote to the rest of the table, but one that sends a message to him.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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One slightly wrong rate in a budget, procurement forecast, or loan estimate easily moves millions of dollars in the wrong direction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Honda moves forward, turning to the right.—
Devon Lum,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
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At night, shadows from the tree leaves outside dance on the floor through the large window.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel will talk to reporters at Gillette Stadium Friday afternoon before the team leaves for the Super Bowl in northern California this weekend.—
Mike Toole,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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That's a big caveat that essentially hands the president unrestricted power to fire members of the Fed and replace them with his personal picks.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2026
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Percy hands the fleece to Clarisse.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Packed within that initial exchange is believably casual dialogue that conveys not only their inner concerns but also their relationship to their environment.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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More effective diplomacy, as demonstrated by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron at the same forum, conveys the same message about resisting bullying through measured language that preserves dignity and institutional respect.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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That's how informality spreads, and productivity dies.—
Ricardo Torres,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Measles symptoms can appear between seven and 21 days after exposure and may include high fever, cough, runny nose, red watery eyes, white spots inside the mouth and a red blotchy rash that typically starts on the face and spreads downward.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Transfers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfers. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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