transfer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of moving something from one location to another
  2. noun someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
  3. noun the act of transfering something from one form to another

Etymology

From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

In classic literature

Synonyms

transportation, transport, transferral, conveyance

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