telecommuting
pronunciation
How to pronounce telecommuting in British English:
UK [ˌtelɪkə'mju:tɪŋ]
How to pronounce telecommuting in American English:
US [ˌtelɪkə'mjutɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
Word Origin
- telecommuting (n.)
- by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC.
Example
- 1. ( Yahoo ( yhoo ) ceo marissa mayer 's recent ban on telecommuting may come to mind . )
- 2. Your job is not really suitable for telecommuting .
- 3. Or perhaps when the boss-like the editor of this article-is telecommuting , too .
- 4. This is often called telecommuting .
- 5. Perhaps those likely to be the elite creative should ponder the strengths and weaknesses of the new telecommuting life .