transfer
verb (used with object)
to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another.
have transferred
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present perfectof transfer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The credits likely wouldn’t have transferred anyway—the differences in the two education systems were vast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
As many as 300 teachers from other provinces have transferred to the capital.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
"We deliberately designed a system that, according to conventional theory, should not have transferred charge this fast," said Dr. Pratyush Ghosh, Research Fellow, at St John's College, Cambridge, and first author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
“I personally have transferred my children to different schools further away,” said Jennifer Elkins, a Val Verde resident whose children attended Live Oak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
On a $2 billion trade—a trade that would, in the end, have transferred a $2 billion loss from Merrill Lynch to Morgan Stanley—the two traders were arguing over interest payments amounting to $800,000 a year.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
