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Definition: Transference |
TransferenceNoun1. (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst. 2. Transferring ownership. 3. The act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "transference" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Synonym: TransferenceSynonym: transfer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Change | Conversion; (gradual change); revolution; (sudden or radical change) inversion; (reversal); displacement; transference. |
Continuance in action | Adverb: gradually; (slowly) in transitu; (transference). |
Transfer | Noun: transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation; demise, limitation; conveyancing; transmission; (transference); enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange; (interchange); barter; substitution. |
Transference | Noun: transfer, transference; translocation, elocation; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion, amotion; relegation; deportation, asportation; extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage; convection, conduction, contagion; transfer; (of property). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Transference |
| English words defined with "transference": Psychical contagion ♦ Transferrence. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "transference": Billing Third Party, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Brain Tissue Transplantation ♦ Cell Transplantation ♦ Fetal Tissue Transplantation, Freudian Theory ♦ Heart Transplantation, Heart-Lung Transplantation, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ♦ Islets of Langerhans Transplantation ♦ Kidney Transplantation ♦ Liver Transplantation, Lung Transplantation ♦ Organ Transplantation ♦ Pancreas Transplantation ♦ Tissue Transplantation ♦ yield-pillar system. (references) |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It shall be occupied by troops belonging to the Allied and Associated Powers, and the German Government undertakes to give facilities for the transference of these troops to Upper Silesia. (reference) |
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Business | Companies that otherwise were offering port-to-port services, now are able to offer door-to-door services utilizing sophisticated storage, material handling and transference systems. (references) | |
Consequently, many opportunities will arise for present and future players in this endeavor through sales and leasing of equipment that will expedite loading, unloading and transference of merchandise. (references) | ||
One of the key components in this process was the restructuring and privatization of cargo handling operations in the port of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina's most important port. Another major improvement was the transference of ports in the interior of the country (originally run by the Federal Government) to the respective provinces. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Transference" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.03% of the time. "Transference" is used about 103 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.03% | 102 | 32,309 |
| Noun (common) | 0.97% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 103 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "transference": thought transference ♦ Transference (Psychology) ♦ Transference treatment. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "transference": thought-transference. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "transference"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | transferim (assignation, assignment, devolution, move, movement, switch, transfer, transferal, translation, trans-shipment), shpërngulje (displacement, evacuation, migration, move, rehousing, transfer, transplantation), kalim (crossing, cut, devolution, escape, going, jump, lapse, negotiation, orifice, pass, passage, passageway, passing, release, switch over, transfer, transit, transition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نقل (alien, alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, tote, transfer, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), تحويل (conversion, diversion, endorsement, indorsement, processing, realization, rectification, reducing, reduction, relocate, revulsion, transformation, transmutation, version), تحول (chop, convert, evolution, inconstancy, juncture, metamorphosis, modification, modify, mutate, mutation, reduction, switch, transform, transformation, transfusion, transition, transmutation, turn, turn into, turnover), إنتقال (commute, demise, move, removal, signing up, switch, transition, transmission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | местене (move, removal), прехвърляне (alienation, assignation, assignment, demise, tradition, transfer), пренасяне (carrying, convection, removal, remove, transport), пренасочване на чувства, пренасочване на желание. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přenos (broadcast, relay, transmission), přemístìní (displacement, removal, transfer, transposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | overtryk (hyperbaric, overpressure, overprint, transfer, transferring), overføring (carry, crossover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overbrenging van een tekening op een lithographische steen (transfer, transferring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Western blot-menetelmä (Western Blot, Western blotting, Western transference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transfert (transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | übertragung (assignment, broadcast, broadcasting, communication, conferment, conferral, conveyancing, copying, devolution, passing on, recording, rendering, screening, settlement, transcription, transfer, transfusion, translation, transmission, transmittal, transposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταφορά (carriage, conveyance, freightage, metaphor, portage, traction, traffic, transfer, transport, transportation, truckage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "עבר" (communication, conveyance, passing, removal, shift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | átvitel (balance to next account, carried forward, carry over, transfer, transmission, transmitting, transposition), áthelyezés (displacement, lift, reassignment, transfer, transition, transposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trasporto (abandon, carriage, cartage, conveyance, freight, freightage, haulage, portage, transport), transfert (transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 転移 (change, metastasis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | て"い (change, dislocation, divine will, heavenly garment, imperial authority, imperial majesty, imperial throne, metastasis, natural, providence, providential, rearrangement, transposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | livrey harrish (demise), astraghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansferencetray transporte (affect, bearing, carriage, carry-over, conduction, conveyance, driving, flush, freight, haul, portage, porterage, rapture, trance, transit, transport, transportation, transposition), transmissão (broadcast, communication, conduction, convection, devolution, propagation, sending, transfer, transfusion, transmission, transmitting), transferência (delivery, transfer), mudança (alteration, change, change-over, clabber, conversion, move, mutation, phase, shift, switch-over, transformation, transition, turn, variance, variation, veering, vicissitude). (various references) transfer (assignment, conveyance, devolution, transfer). (various references) перенесение. (various references) transferencija, prenos (assignment, broadcast, conveyance, devolution, haulage, transfer, transposal), prenošenje (transfer, transmission). (various references) transporte (bearing, carriage, conveyance, ferriage, freight, shipment, shipping, transport, transportation, transposition), transferencia (transfer). (various references) Western blotting (Western Blot, Western blotting, Western transference), Western blot-analys (Western Blot, Western blotting, Western transference). (various references) transfer (transfer), nakil (conveyance, devolution, move, removal, transfer, transfusion, transport), duyguların başkasına yönelmesi, devir (age, alienation, assignation, assignment, cession, circle, circulation, circumvolution, currency, cycle, disposal, epoch, era, Eyre, grant, gyration, period, release, Rev, revolution, rotation, rounder, spin, take over, transfer, turnover). (various references) перенесення (carry, portage, porterage, transfer), передача (assignation, assignment, cession, devolution, disposal, transfer, transfusion, transmission). (various references) sự di chuyển sự chuyển nhượng. (various references) trosglwyddiad (transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | metastasis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "transference": transferences. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "transference": countertransference. (additional references) | |
Words containing "transference": countertransferences. (additional references) | |
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"Transference" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: transferance, transferrance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "transference" (pronounced transfer"uns) |
| 4 | -er" u n s | coinsurance, concurrence, deterrence, occurrence, recurrence. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, comeuppance, competence, compliance, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-n-n-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: reentrances. | |
-2 letters: reentrance, transferee. | |
-3 letters: careeners, easterner, entrances, fenestrae, recanters, recreants, recreates, referents, renascent. | |
-4 letters: arrestee, canteens, careener, carefree, caterers, centares, centners, ensnarer, enterers, entrance, erecters, fastener, fenestra, ferrates, reascent, recanter, recenter, recrates, recreant, recreate, reenacts, reenters, reerects, refasten, refences, referent, refracts, rescreen, retraces, sarcenet, screener, secreter, sentence, serenate, terraces, terranes, terreens, terrenes, transfer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-n-n-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: transferences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 73 66 65 72 65 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -. ... ..-. . .-. . -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01100110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s f e r e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0066 0065 0072 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548467808572718471806971 |
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