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Transference

/ˈtɹansf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/

The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.

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📖 Definitions of "Transference"

noun

1
The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.
2
The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.

🔄 Synonyms of "Transference"

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Word	Definition
transfernoun	(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Transference"

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Word	Definition
transfernoun	(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
transferringnoun	The act by which something is transferred; a transfer.
handovernoun	The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
redeploymentnoun	The act of redeploying.
transitionnoun	The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
passthroughnoun	The act or process of passing through.
transmissionnoun	The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
devolutionnoun	(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
shipmentnoun	A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).
shiftnoun	A movement to do something, a beginning.
transferredverb	(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
transfertnoun	—
conveyancenoun	A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
relocationnoun	The act of moving from one place to another.
movementnoun	Physical motion between points in space.
transplantationnoun	A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
deliverynoun	The act of conveying something.
transmittalnoun	The act of transmitting a message; a transmission.
carryovernoun	Something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time.
displacementnoun	The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.