English to English
commute
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noun (n)
- a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work(noun.act)Example:
There is standing room only on the high-speed commute.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- exchange positions without a change in value(verb.change)Example:
These operators commute with each other.
source: wordnet30 - travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.(verb)source: webster1913
- To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.(verb)source: webster1913