English dictionary · verb

transfer

to move from one place to another

Meaning and definitions

1. to move from one place to another

Connected roots

• trans-

  across, through

• fer-

  carrying, bearing

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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• transport

  to take or carry from one place to another

• refer

  to mention or allude to; to direct to a source for help

• relate

  to make or show a connection between; to tell a story

• transmit

  to cause to pass on from one place or person to another

• translucent

  allowing light to pass through partially

• circumference

  the enclosing boundary of a circle

• conifer

  A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

• afferent

  Carrying towards.

• efferent

  Carrying away from.

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