commute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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
  2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
  3. To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.
  4. To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
  5. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution;
  6. Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.
noun
  1. A regular journey between two places, typically home and work.
  2. The route, time or distance of that journey.
verb
  1. To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.
  2. To regularly travel from one place to another using public transport.
  3. To journey, to make a journey

Pronunciation

/kəˈmjuːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commute.wav /kəˈmjut/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-commute.wav /kəˈmjʉːt/

Word forms

commute commutes commuting commuted

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commūtō.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 通勤 Danish: pendle Dutch: pendelen Finnish: käydä töissä French: faire la navette German: pendeln German: hin- und herfahren Hungarian: ingázik Hungarian: pendlizik Italian: fare il pendolare Japanese: 通う Japanese: 通勤する Korean: 통하다 Korean: 통근하다 Norwegian Bokmål: pendle Norwegian Nynorsk: pendle Polish: dojeżdżać do pracy Portuguese: fazer a jornada (de trabalho) Romanian: face naveta Russian: е́здить Spanish: pendular Spanish: transitar al y del trabajo Spanish: pendulear Spanish: movilizarse a y de la chamba Swedish: pendla
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