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transfer

noun/ˈtrænsfɜː/

A1CEFR level
5/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The act of moving a person from one surface or position to another, such as bed to chair.

We practised a sit-to-stand transfer from the bed to the wheelchair before discharge.

Topic: Occupational therapy in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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