How do you use Handover in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like relinquishment or relinquishing, plus the exact meaning.
Handover meaning
- The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
- The information passed on in such a case.
- the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another channel.
Synonyms of Handover
Using Handover
- The main meaning on this page is: The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another. | The information passed on in such a case. | the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another channel.
- Useful related words include: relinquishment, relinquishing.
- In the example corpus, handover often appears in combinations such as: the handover, handover of, handover to.
Context around Handover
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Handover
- In this selection, "handover" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, orderly, peaceful, alpha, note, ceremony and nizamuddin stand out and add context to how "handover" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a smooth handover of power and a technical handover after the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "handover" sits close to words such as announcer, aubameyang and californians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with handover
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Obi at UNN: ‘Don’t handover a sick country. (9 words)
Delhi HC directs police to handover Nizamuddin Markaz keys to Maulana. (11 words)
Carl Icahn speaks at the Alpha handover in New York on September 13, 2016. (14 words)
As I've said before, I'm very grateful Anne-Francoise for the time she has given us to ensure an orderly handover and her continued support as we close out 2023 and complete this new transition. (37 words)
CEO for the Black River Hospital, Diana Brown-Miller (left), accepts a donation of medical supplies and equipment from Parottee Enrichment Project (PEP) Executive Board Member, Marilyn Bennett, during a handover ceremony on August 17. (35 words)
Foreigners want to do good, find something on the street that belong to someone, might end up in endless paperwork and more questioning, when they try to handover that lost items. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although, I will not dwell much on the peaceful handover between Tinubu and Buhari but the handover from military to civilian in 1979, was quite historical.
Signing of the handover note, test-running of the water facility, and the formal presentation of the handover note to the community formed the highlights of the event.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said delays for the handover of patients at emergency departments are “not unique to Scotland with similar pressures being felt throughout the UK”.
As I've said before, I'm very grateful Anne-Francoise for the time she has given us to ensure an orderly handover and her continued support as we close out 2023 and complete this new transition.
Carl Icahn speaks at the Alpha handover in New York on September 13, 2016.
CEO for the Black River Hospital, Diana Brown-Miller (left), accepts a donation of medical supplies and equipment from Parottee Enrichment Project (PEP) Executive Board Member, Marilyn Bennett, during a handover ceremony on August 17.
Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson addresses a ceremony for the handover of computers financed by the Universal Service Fund.
Council leader Stephen McCabe joined Buzzworks chairman Colin Blair at the new site to celebrate the key handover.
Delhi HC directs police to handover Nizamuddin Markaz keys to Maulana.
Earlier, the Managing Director of Julius Berger, Dr Lars Richter, said that the event was a technical handover after the project was inaugurated by the former administration.
Flooring in the building has been “a perennial problem almost since handover”, the report added.
Foreigners want to do good, find something on the street that belong to someone, might end up in endless paperwork and more questioning, when they try to handover that lost items.
He also said that the ambulance handover delays that the NHS is trying to reduce are caused by people who are "fit to leave hospital but delayed in doing so".
In addition, it was found there was a failure to handover information about the passing of blood between staff at the hospital which also contributed to his death.
In the Brazilian case, the protesters were not trying to interfere in the handover of power from Bolsonaro to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
I shall now work with him and his team to ensure an orderly handover of power.
Mr Cowan believes Amazon should give back the cash, but acknowledged that such a handover would rely on the company's goodwill.
Notwithstanding, most investment experts would agree that provided we have a smooth handover of power things are looking very good for the investment landscape.
Obi at UNN: ‘Don’t handover a sick country.
Police officials have received political clearance for the project, but still need to attend to the logistics and security of a handover.
Common combinations with handover
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the handover 78×
- handover of 37×
- handover to 19×
- handover ceremony 18×
- to handover 14×
- handover from 9×
- handover the 9×
- handover and 8×
- smooth handover 7×
- handover in 5×