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commute
[ kuh-myoot ]
verb (used with object)
- to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one:
The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
- to exchange for another or for something else; give and take reciprocally; interchange.
- to change:
to commute base metal into gold.
- to change (one kind of payment) into or for another, as by substitution.
verb (used without object)
- to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back:
He commutes to work by train.
- to make substitution.
- to serve as a substitute.
- to make a collective payment, especially of a reduced amount, as an equivalent for a number of payments.
- Mathematics. to give the same result whether operating on the left or on the right.
noun
- a trip made by commuting:
It's a long commute from his home to his office.
- an act or instance of commuting.
commute
/ əˈː /
verb
- intr to travel some distance regularly between one's home and one's place of work
- tr to substitute; exchange
- tr law to reduce (a sentence) to one less severe
- to pay (an annuity) at one time, esp with a discount, instead of in instalments
- tr to transform; change
to commute base metal into gold
- intr to act as or be a substitute
- intr to make a substitution; change
noun
- a journey made by commuting
commute
- To yield the same result regardless of order. For example, numbers commute under addition, which is a commutative operation. Generally, any two operators H and G commute if their commutator is zero, i.e. HG − GH = 0.
Derived Forms
- dzˈܳٲ, adjective
- dzˌܳٲˈٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲcdz·ܳĻ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of commute1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of commute1
Example Sentences
“There’s a lot of different concerns from everybody — it could be a captain whose commuting might change or somebody who’s established really good relationships with a community,” Lee said.
Laura Pannack's project explores the tumultuous public lives of young people in the gang-governed Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa, where their daily commute carries the risk of death.
He eventually got another job, in Pacoima, with a lower wage and a much longer commute.
Besides working and taking care of your children, if you're low income, chances are you don't have a job where you're working from home, which means a commute and added costs.
The three were originally sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were commuted to life in prison last week.
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