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replace
English
Etymology
re- +? place
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ple?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Verb
replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
- 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII
- The earl...was replaced in his government.
- 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for
- (transitive) to take over the position or role from.
- Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.
- (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of
- 1845, William Whewell, The Elements of Morality: Including Polity
- This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.
- 1845, William Whewell, The Elements of Morality: Including Polity
- (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
Synonyms
- (to supply or substitute an equivalent for): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
Derived terms
- replaceable
- replacee
- replacement
- replacer
- replacing switch
- replacive
See also
- eliminate
Translations
References
replace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- percale
French
Verb
replace
- first-person singular present indicative of replacer
- third-person singular present indicative of replacer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
- second-person singular imperative of replacer
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transfer
English
Etymology
From Latin tr?nsfer? (“I bear across”).
Pronunciation
- (verb)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t???ns?f??/, /t?ænz?f??/
- (US) enPR: tr?nsfûr?, IPA(key): /t?æns?f?/, /?t?ænsf?/
- (noun)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t???nsf??/, /?t?ænzf??/
- (US) enPR: 'tr?nsfûr, IPA(key): /?t?ænsf?/
Verb
transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
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. - (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- The title to land is transferred by deed.
Synonyms
- (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
- (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
- (to be or become transferred):
Derived terms
- transferee
- transferor
Translations
Noun
transfer (countable and uncountable, plural transfers)
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
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. - (countable) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus, allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
Usage notes
- In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition, which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.
Synonyms
- (act): transferal, transference
- (instance): transferal
- (college sports): transfer student
Related terms
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English transfer.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: trans?fer
Noun
transfer m or n (plural transfers, diminutive transfertje n)
- transfer
Synonyms
- overdracht
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English transfer.
Noun
transfer m (invariable)
- transport
- transfer (tourist, e.g. airport to hotel)
Latin
Verb
tr?nsfer
- second-person singular present active imperative of tr?nsfer?
Romanian
Etymology
From French transfert.
Noun
transfer n (plural transferuri)
- transfer
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English transfer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tr?nsfe?r/
- Hyphenation: trans?fer
Noun
trànsf?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)
- transfer
- transport
Declension
Spanish
Noun
transfer m (plural transferes)
- transfer (between transport)
Turkish
Etymology
From French transfert
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: trans?fer
Noun
transfer (definite accusative transferi, plural transferler)
- transfer
Declension
References
- transfer in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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