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transferring

UStrans-FUR-ing/tɹænsˈfɝɪŋ/UKtrahns-FUR-ing/tɹɑːnsˈfɜːɹɪŋ/

2 meanings of transferring

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of transfer.

    The hospital is transferring several patients to a larger facility.

    Transferring to a new department took her longer than expected.

    Note

    The -ing form carries every use of transfer, both transitive and intransitive: a bank is transferring funds, a commuter is transferring to another line, a wheelchair user is transferring to a bed. The doubled r follows the stress on the verb's last syllable, the same rule that gives transferred. With an article and of, as in the transferring of funds, it becomes the noun for the act.

  2. 2
    noununcountable
    The act by which something is moved from one place, person, or owner to another; a transfer.

    The transferring of the estate to the heirs was completed last week.

    Delays in the transferring of funds frustrated several customers.

    Similarconveyance, handover, movement

transferring is a form of transfer

transfer, verb: To move someone or something to a different place, person, group, or job, or to make such a move yourself, as when a worker transfers to another branch. Full entry

Forms
transfertransfers he/she/ittransferring -ing formtransferred past tense, past participle
Spelling
transfer → transferring: double the r, add -ing

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