transferred
UK/tɹɑːnsˈfɜːd/
transferred is the simple past and past participle of transfer.
Meaning of transfer
Verb
transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)
- To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
- Synonyms:
- carry over, move, onpass
- To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
- To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- transfer to the Blue Line
- To be or become transferred.
- To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- The title to land is transferred by deed.
- To 'carry' or apply anything (a concept, a name...) from one type of thing to a different type of thing.
- The ancient Romans named the planet Mars by transferring that name from a deity of their pantheon to the planet appearing in the night sky.
Forms of transferred
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Words formed from transferred
- biotransferred
- cotransferred
- electrotransferred
- transferred epithet
- transferred sense
- untransferred
Phrases with transferred
Questions about transferred
- What is transferred the simple past and past participle of?
- Transferred is the simple past and past participle of transfer.
- How do you pronounce transferred?
- Transferred is pronounced /tɹɑːnsˈfɜːd/ (UK).
Words near transferred in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: transferred (page history and authors); transfer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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