transit, transport, transfer

transit/ n.

1.the process of being moved or carried from one place to another: The cost includes transit. goods damaged in transit.
2. the act of going through a place on the way to somewhere else:The transit lounge at Vienna airport. A transit Visa.(= one that allows a person to pass through a country but not to stay here.
3.the system of buses, trains,etc. which people use to travel from one place o another: the city's mass/public transit system.

transport v.
1.to take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle: to transport goods/passengers.
2.to move sth. somewhere by means of a natural process. /syn/carry. The seeds are transported by the wind. Blood transports oxygen around the body.
3.to make sb feel that they are in a different place,time or situation: The book transports you to another world.
4.(in the pass) to send sb to a far way place as a punishment: British convicts were transported to
Australia for life.

Transfer v.
To new place 1.(sth/sb)(from....)(to...) to move from one place to another; to move sth/sb from one place to another: The film studio is transferring to Hollywoold. How can I transfer money from my bank account to his? The patient was transferred to another hospital. I couldn't transfer all my credits from junior college. I spend a semester in Madrid, Will my credits transfer?
To new job/ school/situation 2.(sb)(from..)(to..)to move from one job,school,situation,etc.to another;to arrage for sb to move: Children usually transfer to secondary school at 11 or 12. He transerred to Ucla after his freshman year. Ten employees are being transferred from the sales department.
Feeling/ disease/power 3. if you transfer a feeing,a disease, or power,etc. or if it transfers from one person to another,the second person has it, often instead of the first: Joe had alreadly transferred his affections from Lisa to Cleo. This disease is rarely transferred from mother to baby. (=so that the baby has it as well as the mother).
Property 4. -sth(to sb) to officially arrange for sth to belong to sb else or for sb else to control sth./syn/sign over" He transferred the property to his son.
In sport 5. -(sb)(form..) (to...) to move, or to move sb,to a different sports team,especially a professional football(soccer) team: He transferred to Everton for f6 million. He was fransferred from Spurs to Arsenal for a huge fee.
To new vehicle 6.-(sb)(from..)(to..) to change to a different vehicle during a journey; to arrange for sb to change to a different vehicle during a journey: I transferred at Bharain for a flight to Singapore. Passengers are transferred from the airport to the hotel by taxi.
Information/ music,etc. 7. -(sth)(form sth)(to sth) to copy information, music an idea ,etc. from one method fo recording or presenting it to another ; to be recorded or presented in a different way: You can transfer data to a dish in a few seconds. The novel does not transfer well to the movies.