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Transferred Uncommon

Origin: Latin prefix trans-

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Definitions
Verb
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simple past tense and past participle of transfer

"The patient was transferred to a larger hospital after his condition worsened overnight."

In plain English: To transfer something means to move it from one place or person to another.

"She transferred her old bank account to a new one when she moved cities."

Example Sentences
"She transferred her old bank account to a new one when she moved cities." verb
"She transferred her savings to a new bank account last week." verb
"The students were transferred from one classroom to another due to overcrowding." verb
"He was transferred to the sales department after his promotion." verb
See Also
cotransferred electrotransferred tralaticious transfered transfer transferable rub off tralatitious
Related Terms

Origin

Derived from the Latin transferre, meaning "to carry across," this past participle comes from the verb composed of trans- (across) and ferre (to bear). It originally described the physical act of moving something from one place to another.

Rhyming Words
red fred bred pred dred cred erred pored gored pared cored fired mired unred hired fared shred bared cared jered
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