TRANSFERS Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

transfers

verb

present tense third-person singular of transfer

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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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 An example of a passive shoulder harness is Hilti’s EXO, which transfers the weight of arms to the hips using springs. —

Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026 Aikido's system uses a passive primary cooling mechanism that transfers heat from the data centers through the steel walls of the ballast tanks and directly into the surrounding seawater, with the company claiming the thermal impact on the ocean is limited to a few meters around the structure. —

Etiido Uko march 13, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026 However, the terms of FIFA’s hosting agreement with the Boston host committee, a non-profit group established to assist FIFA in the planning of the tournament, transfers the public security costs away from FIFA and to the committee. —

Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026 The pattern reinforces how your muscles fire in sequence and how your body transfers force during related movements. —

Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 Writing for the screen for the first time, Jonas transfers that internal monologue into confessions that Weisz speaks aloud; the only caveat, of course, is that what Weisz’s character tells us may not in fact be true. —

Daniel D'addario, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026 Trautwein brought Penn State transfers TJ Shanahan, a guard has 10 college starts, and backup tackle Egan Boyer to Gainesville. —

Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026 The state transfers revenue from cannabis sales taxes and fees to the Missouri Department of Veterans, Missouri Public Defender's Office and Department of Health and Senior Services' Substance Use Disorder Grant Program. —

Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026 The facility works closely with Hoover Dam and transfers power to the Los Angeles basin, McMahill said. —

CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026

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Choosing silence also cedes our right to free speech.

— Jenna Norton, STAT, 12 Mar. 2026
The specialization that cedes politics, economics or communication to separate disciplines is, in sociology, an invitation to synthesize and to consider how these broad social processes engage, reinforce or conflict with one another.

— Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026