Definitions for commutekəˈmyut
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a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
"there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"
exchange positions without a change in value
"These operators commute with each other"
travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
permute, commute, transpose(verb)
change the order or arrangement of
"Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
commute, convert, exchange(verb)
exchange a penalty for a less severe one
change, exchange, commute, convert(verb)
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
"Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
to travel regularly from a place of residence to another place, such as where one's daily work is performed. Often, such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby city; as, to commute to work.
To travel from one's home (usually in the suburbs of a city) to one's workplace (usually in the city itself, or in another city) to go to work, or vice versa.
To engage in a commutative operation.
To pay out the lump-sum present value of an annuity.
To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.
Origin: From commuto
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
to obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation
to pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route
Origin: [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
kom-ūt′, v.t. to exchange: to exchange a punishment for one less severe.—n. Commutabil′ity.—adj. Commut′able, that may be commuted or exchanged.—n. Commutā′tion, the act of commuting: change or exchange of one thing for another: the change of a penalty or rate from a greater to a less.—adj. Commū′tative (or Comm′), relating to exchange: interchangeable.—adv. Commū′tatively.—n. Comm′utātor, an apparatus attached to many electric machines for reversing the currents.—adj. Commut′ual, mutual. [L. commutāre—com, with mutāre, to change.]
The numerical value of commute in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
The numerical value of commute in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
My wife bought me this to help shorten my commute.
You can carry luggage, my wife bought me this to help shorten my commute.
Any service change in the plan that could affect your commute will receive ample notice.
We don't have any way to commute. I live way out, so the subway is the only way to get in.
Not having a long commute makes a huge positive impact on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
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Translations for commute
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- commutarCatalan, Valencian
- kommutere, pendleDanish
- vertauschbar, kommutativ, pendeln, hin- und herfahrenGerman
- conmutar, viajar del trabajo, viajar al trabajo, pendularSpanish
- kommutoida, työmatka, [[maksaa#Finnish, lieventää, muuntaa, käydä töissä, tinkiä, vaihtaa, [[suorittaa]] [[kertamaksu]]Finnish
- faire la navette, commuterFrench
- ingázik, kommutálHungarian
- fare il pendolare, commutareItalian
- 通う, 通勤Japanese
- коммутировать, ездитьRussian
- pendla, kommuteraSwedish
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