commuter
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commuter
- /kəˈmjuːtɚ/
Rhymes with -uːtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
The sense of "one who travels to work" derives via commutation ticket, an early form of season ticket.
noun commuters
- One who commutes (etymology 1).
- To and from work and home. How can an operator be, at the same time, top for overall satisfaction and bottom for value for money? I turned to Anthony Smith for the answer, leaning on his 20 years running Transport Focus and its predecessors. It's commuters, he explained. "You can't please commuters, you can only not displease
- Using public transport.
- Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2) He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: suburbanite, commuter train, transportation, intercity, passenger, transport, carriage, navette, airliner, jetliner, aeroplane, jet, barrio, suburb, suburbia, switch
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noun a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
| Español | viajero diario, trabajador pendular, migrante pendular, viajero pendular, cercanista |
|---|---|
| Français | navetteur, pendulaire |
| Deutsch | Pendler |
| Italiano | pendolare |
| Română | navetist |
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