transfer

«transfer» in Mova's school dictionary: To move someone or something from one place, person or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (transfer, transfers, transferred, transferring); noun (a transfer, transfers)

meaning for a pupil

1) To move someone or something from one place, person or group to another. tree →

2) (noun) A move from one place, school, team or vehicle to another. tree →

3) To send money from one account to another. tree →

4) (noun, UK) A picture you can stick or press onto something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths problems: "she transfers 5 marbles to her brother" means she gives them, so she has 5 fewer and he has 5 more. In sport, footballers transfer between clubs. In science, heat transfers from hot to cold. Phrases: transfer to, transfer from, bank transfer, heat transfer.

examples

• Transfer 5 marbles from the red bag to the blue bag. tree →
• She transferred to a new school last term. tree →
• Heat transfers from the hot drink to your hands. tree →
• Dad made a bank transfer to pay the bill. tree →
• The striker's transfer cost a lot of money. tree →
• We had to transfer to another bus in town. tree →
• I stuck a dinosaur transfer on my arm. tree →
• More than twelve centuries ago, Hiouen-Thsang transferred the following story from India to China. tree →

note

Doubles the r: transferred, transferring. Stress: verb "trans-FER", noun "TRANS-fer". Maths trap: a transfer does not change the total; one side loses what the other gains.

In the corpora

• "Population transfer" means forcing people out of their homes and moving them elsewhere.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «transfer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.