transfer of training

1. 1.

   application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

   Synonymstransfercarry-over

   Broaderlearning

   Narrowergeneralization

Questions about transfer of training

What does transfer of training mean?

transfer of training means "application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation".

What is another word for transfer of training?

Close synonyms include transfer, carry-over. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transfer of training a common word?

transfer of training is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.