commute
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commute¹
- /kəˈmjuːt/ UK
- /kəˈmjut/ Canada, US
- /kəˈmjʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -uːt
verb commutes · commuting · commuted
- To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen. to commute tithes into rentcharges for a sum
- To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part. to commute the daily toll for a year's pass
- To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense. His prison sentence was commuted to probation.
- To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
- To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; He […] thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind.
- Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result. A pair of matrices share the same set of eigenvectors if and only if they commute.
commute²
- /kəˈmjuːt/ UK
- /kəˈmjut/ Canada, US
- /kəˈmjʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, e.g. a month, for a single, commuted payment.
noun commutes
- A regular journey between two places, typically home and work. If you're hearing me then it means your ego has been commuted successfully into this CAT with zero errors. Only one warning by the way: it may take a moment to acclimatize to being a bodyless ego, but try not to worry too much.
- The route, time or distance of that journey.
verb commutes · commuting · commuted
- To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa. I commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan by bicycle.
- To regularly travel from one place to another using public transport (as opposed to private vehicles).
- To journey, to make a journey By one estimate, vultures either residing in or commuting into the Serengeti ecosystem during the annual migration—when 1.3 million white-bearded wildebeests shuffle between Kenya and Tanzania—historically consumed more meat than all mammalian carnivores in the Serengeti combined.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: exchange, transpose, change, convert, permute, buy, redeem, repurchase, revision, reconvert, atone, commutation, travel, move, journey, transform
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verb to pay in gross instead of part by part
| Deutsch | ablösen |
|---|
verb legal: to reduce a sentence
| Español | conmutar, indultar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | herabsetzen, umwandeln, abwandeln |
| Русский | смягчать наказание smjaxčatʹ nakazanije |
verb to put or substitute something else in place of
| Español | conmutar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | austauschen, umtauschen, vertauschen, umwandeln, abwandeln |
verb to obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution
| Deutsch | tauschen |
|---|
verb math: to be commutative
| Español | conmutar |
|---|---|
| Português | comutar |
| Français | commuter |
| Deutsch | ersetzen, tauschen, austauschen, vertauschen, umstellen, kommutieren |
| Italiano | commutare |
| Русский | коммутировать kommutirovatʹ |
noun route
| Español | ruta pendular, ruta al y del trabajo |
|---|---|
| Français | trajet |
| Deutsch | Arbeitsweg, Pendlerstrecke |
noun distance
| Español | distancia pendular |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Pendlerstrecke |
verb to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
| Español | pendular, transitar al y del trabajo, pendulear, movilizarse a y de la chamba, ir / acudir regularmente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 통하다 tonghada, 통근하다 tonggeunhada |
| 日本語 | 通う kayou, 通勤する tsūkin-suru |
| 中文 | 通勤 tōngqín |
| Português | fazer a jornada (de trabalho) |
| Français | faire la navette |
| Deutsch | pendeln, hin- und herfahren |
| Italiano | fare il pendolare |
| Română | face naveta |
| Русский | е́здить jézditʹ |
Talk about this word "commute." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/commute. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. commute. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/commute "commute." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/commute.Cite this
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title = {commute},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-05}
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