commute
Use Commute in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one: The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
2.
to exchange for another or for something else; give and take reciprocally; interchange.
3.
to change: to commute base metal into gold.
4.
to change (one kind of payment) into or for another, as by substitution.
verb (used without object)
5.
to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back: He commutes to work by train.
6.
to make substitution.
7.
to serve as a substitute.
8.
to make a collective payment, especially of a reduced amount, as an equivalent for a number of payments.
9.
Mathematics. to give the same result whether operating on the left or on the right.
00:10
Commute
is always a great word to know.
So is competence. Does it mean:
| n.????? |
| majority of opinion: |
noun
10.
a trip made by commuting: It's a long commute from his home to his office.
11.
an act or instance of commuting.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To commute
Collins
World English Dictionary
commute (kəˈmjuːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to travel some distance regularly between one's home and one's place of work |
| 2. | (tr) to substitute; exchange |
| 3. | (tr) law to reduce (a sentence) to one less severe |
| 4. | to pay (an annuity) at one time, esp with a discount, instead of in instalments |
| 5. | (tr) to transform; change: to commute base metal into gold |
| 6. | (intr) to act as or be a substitute |
| 7. | (intr) to make a substitution; change |
| —n | |
| 8. | a journey made by commuting |
| [C17: from Latin commutāre to replace, from com- mutually + mutāre to change] | |
| com'mutable | |
| —adj | |
| commuta'bility | |
| —n | |
| com'mutableness | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
commute
mid-15c., from L. commutare "to often change, to change altogether," from com- intensive prefix + mutare "to change" (see mutable). Sense of "make less severe" is 1633. Sense of "go back and forth to work" is 1889, from commutation ticket "season pass" (on a railroad, streetcar
line, etc.), from commute in its sense of "to change one kind of payment into another" (1795), especially "to combine a number of payments into a single one." Related: commuting.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
commute (kə-my t') Pronunciation Key
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. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Click an area of the map for commute and travel options.
We were apparently downgraded by a long average commute time, which is dubious as a measure of environmental performance.
New research on the minimally conscious may help commute it.
It does away with a frame altogether, and could soon make your commute emissions-free.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
