transfer
verb (used with object)
to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another.
transferring
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present participleof transfer.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who negotiated the power-sharing agreement with Bass, put out a statement saying the decision transferring the federal functions to the county reflects that “regional leadership requires collaboration.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
At 18 years old, they will have the choice of opening an account with Guernsey Community Savings or transferring their savings to an account of their choice.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Within just three days, researchers observed algae transferring into the damaged fragments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Yet Edward soon recoiled from this facile conflation, transferring a year later, in 1900, to the New York School of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Now that Americans have mostly deloused themselves, typhus has discovered a new route into us: by infecting eastern North American flying squirrels and then transferring to people whose attics harbor flying squirrels.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
