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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 Word Forms
- ܲcdz·ܳĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of commute1
Word History and Origins
Origin of commute1
Example Sentences
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.
At the time, a Fulton County Superior Court judge imposed a sentence of 40 years with the first five to be served in prison, but commuted to time served, followed by 15 years on probation.
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