Commute - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəˈmjuːt|  American pronunciation of the word commute
Brit.  |kəˈmjuːt|  British pronunciation of the word commute

noun

- a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
there is standing room only on the high-speed commute

verb

- exchange positions without a change in value (syn: transpose)
These operators commute with each other
- travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
- change the order or arrangement of (syn: permute, transpose)
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one (syn: convert, exchange)
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category (syn: change, convert, exchange)

Extra examples

He commutes to work every day by train.

She commutes 400 miles a week.

The judge commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.

He commuted his pension into a lump sum.

The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

My father used to commute between his home in the country and his office in the city.

Jim commutes to Manhattan every day.

My morning commute takes 45 minutes.

He got fed up with the daily commute into London.

These operators commute with each other

A substantial number of people commute to work each day.

...the treadmill of the morning commute to work...

The worst part of working there is the long commute.

...the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: commute
he/she/it: commutes
present participle: commuting
past tense: commuted
past participle: commuted
noun
singular: commute
plural: commutes
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