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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1382|origins=la ferō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: verb UK /trænsˈfɜː/, US /trænsˈfɝː/; noun UK /ˈtræns.fɜː/, US /ˈtræns.fɝː/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|transferren]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|transferer]] or directly [[der|la|trānsferre|t=to bear across, carry over; to copy, translate]],^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|trāns-|t=across]] and [[m|la|ferre|t=to carry]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*bher-|t=to carry]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[bear]], [[refer]], [[translate]] and [[transference]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To convey from one place or person to another: 1382 in the OED,^(OED 1989) about 1380 in Barnhart, in Chaucer's translation of Boethius.^(Barnhart 1988) Etymonline dates the verb to the late 14th century, also “to copy, convert”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To make over possession or control by law is from the 1590s,^(Etymonline) or the 16th century in Hoad.^(Hoad 1986) The noun was first a legal term, the conveyance of property, from 1674;^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(NODE 1998) the general sense, a transferring or being transferred, is first recorded in 1785, in Burke's correspondence.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) To convey a design from one surface to another is from the 19th century, by 1839,^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) and a design so transferred from 1839.^(OED 1989) The American railway sense, a place or ticket for changing from one vehicle to another, is from 1883,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the transfer of a worker or sports player from 1895.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In psychology, the carrying over of training to other tasks is from 1901.^(OED 1989) [[transference]] is from 1681.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1382 – to convey.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1590s – to make over legally.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1674 – noun, a legal conveyance.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1681 – ''transference''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1785 – the act of transferring.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1839 – a transferred design.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1883 – a railway transfer.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1895 – of a worker or player.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To make over legal title or possession of; to [[convey]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To copy a design from one surface to another.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To move to another job, school or place.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To change from one vehicle or route to another during a journey.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of transferring.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A ticket entitling a passenger to change vehicles.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A design that can be transferred from one surface to another; a [[decal]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # The legal conveyance of property.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[transferability]]

+ * [[transferrer]]

+ * [[transferal]]

+ * [[transferable]]

+ * [[retransfer]]

+ * [[transferee]]

+ * [[transferor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[translate]]

+ * [[translation]]

+ * [[transference]]

+ * [[refer]]

+ * [[confer]]

+ * [[defer]]

+ * [[differ]]

+ * [[infer]]

+ * [[offer]]

+ * [[prefer]]

+ * [[suffer]]

+ * [[bear]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}