HANDING OVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of passing something to another person

Synonyms:

handing over; passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("handing over" is a kind of...):

bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handing over"):

relay (the act of passing something along from one person or group to another)