commute
pronunciation
How to pronounce commute in British English:
UK [kəˈmjuːt]
How to pronounce commute in American English:
US [kəˈmjuːt]
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- Verb:
- transpose and remain equal in value
- travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
- change the order or arrangement of
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Word Origin
- commute (v.)
- mid-15c., "to change, transform," from Latin commutare "to often change, to change altogether," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + mutare "to change" (see mutable). Sense of "make less severe" is 1630s. 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: Commuted; commuting.
Example
- 1. The system will work only if londoners abandon their daily commute .
- 2. If shenzhen were to become an attractive place from which to commute into hong kong , property prices in the territory could fall yet further .
- 3. Owners are expected to commute .
- 4. I have a long commute and get $ 17 back a month on gas alone .
- 5. His u. s. airline has pilots who commute from as far as south america .