Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to transfer
Participle: transferred
Gerund: transferring
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | transfer |
| you | transfer |
| he;she;it | transfers |
| we | transfer |
| you | transfer |
| they | transfer |
Perfect
| I | have transferred |
| you | have transferred |
| he;she;it | has transferred |
| we | have transferred |
| you | have transferred |
| they | have transferred |
Past
| I | transferred |
| you | transferred |
| he;she;it | transferred |
| we | transferred |
| you | transferred |
| they | transferred |
Pluperfect
| I | had transferred |
| you | had transferred |
| he;she;it | had transferred |
| we | had transferred |
| you | had transferred |
| they | had transferred |
Future
| I | will transfer |
| you | will transfer |
| he;she;it | will transfer |
| we | will transfer |
| you | will transfer |
| they | will transfer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have transferred |
| you | will have transferred |
| he;she;it | will have transferred |
| we | will have transferred |
| you | will have transferred |
| they | will have transferred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | transfer |
| you | transfer |
| he;she;it | transfer |
| we | transfer |
| you | transfer |
| they | transfer |
Perfect
| I | have transferred |
| you | have transferred |
| he;she;it | have transferred |
| we | have transferred |
| you | have transferred |
| they | have transferred |
Imperfect
| I | transferred |
| you | transferred |
| he;she;it | transferred |
| we | transferred |
| you | transferred |
| they | transferred |
Pluperfect
| I | had transferred |
| you | had transferred |
| he;she;it | had transferred |
| we | had transferred |
| you | had transferred |
| they | had transferred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would transfer |
| you | would transfer |
| he;she;it | would transfer |
| we | would transfer |
| you | would transfer |
| they | would transfer |
Perfect
| I | would have transferred |
| you | would have transferred |
| he;she;it | would have transferred |
| we | would have transferred |
| you | would have transferred |
| they | would have transferred |
Imperative
| you | transfer |
| we | Let's transfer |
| you | transfer |
Verbs conjugated like 'transfer'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'transfer'
cotransfer,
retransfer,
transcur,
transfect,
transfix,
transform,
transmew,
transsex,
transvert,
answer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- transfer property
- assign
- to change position from one place to another
- budge, interchange, move, rearrange, redistribute, relocate, shift, stir, travel
- to arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else
- abalienate, alien, alienate, assign, change hands, consign, convey, grant
- convey
- assign, cede, remise, sign, deed, alien, alienate
- carry
- transport, deliver
Antonyms
- convey
- retain, hold, keep, preserve
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, from L.
transferre "bear across, carry over, transfer, translate," from
trans- "across" +
ferre "to carry" (see infer). The noun is first attested 1674.
Transference in psychoanalytical sense is recorded from 1911, transl. Ger.
übertragung (Freud).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t
5. Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
6. Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
7. Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
8. Proto-Italic *trāns
9. Proto-Italic *trāns-
10. Latin trāns-
11. Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
12. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
13. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
14. Proto-Italic *ferō
15. Latin ferō
16. Latin trānsferōder.
17. English transfer
18. 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. See: Latin '
trānsferō'.
Verbs referencing "transfer"
Indonesian
transfer, German, old spelling
transferieren.
Sample Sentences
-
[...] whites. There are four horses to each coach, and all the horses, harnessed or unharnessed, are there. The passengers are getting out of the steamboat, and into the coaches; the luggage is being transferred in noisy wheelbarrows; the horses are frightened, and impatient to start; the black drivers are chattering to them like so many monkeys; and the white ones whooping like so many drovers: for the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
-
At last, they were all seated at breakfast, while Mary stood at the stove, baking griddle-cakes, which, as they gained the true exact golden-brown tint of perfection, were transferred quite handily to the table.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
-
In Tom's hurried exchange, he had not forgotten to transfer his cherished Bible to his pocket. It was well he did so; for Mr. Legree, having refitted Tom's handcuffs, proceeded deliberately to investigate the contents of his pockets. He drew out a silk [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
-
[...] with himself. She was evidently in a condition of great suffering, and Tom often heard her praying, as she wavered and trembled, and seemed about to fall down. Tom silently as he came near to her, transferred several handfuls of cotton from his own sack to hers.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
-
[...] explored that garret. Meanwhile, in the night, when everybody else was asleep, Cassy slowly and carefully accumulated there a stock of provisions sufficient to afford subsistence for some time; she transferred, article by article, a greater part of her own and Emmeline's wardrobe. All things being arranged, they only waited a fitting opportunity to put their plan in execution.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
-
Behold, therefore, the whole party safely transferred to the good steamer Cincinnati, and sweeping up the river under a powerful head of steam.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)