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- Dictionarycommute/kəˈmjuːt/
verb
- 1. travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis: "he commuted from Corby to Kentish Town" Similar
- 2. reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one: "the governor commuted the sentence to fifteen years' imprisonment" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a regular journey of some distance to and from one's place of work: "the daily commute"
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to change one thing into another: People used to believe that you could commute base metals into gold. [ T ] finance & economics specialized. to exchange one type of payment for a different type: I think I'll commute my life insurance into an annuity.
1. a. : change, alter. b. : to give in exchange for another : exchange. commuting foreign currency to domestic. 2. : to convert (something, such as a payment) into another form. The periodic payments may be commuted into a lump sum. 3. : to change (a penalty) to another less severe. commute a death sentence to life in prison. 4. : commutate.
1. to change (one thing) for or into another; exchange; substitute. 2. to change (an obligation, punishment, etc.) to one that is less severe. 3. to substitute (payment in a lump sum) for payment in installments. verb intransitive.
COMMUTE meaning: 1. to make the same journey regularly between work and home: 2. to change one thing into another…. Learn more.
Commute definition: to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one. See examples of COMMUTE used in a sentence.
Definition of commute verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to travel regularly by bus, train, car, etc. between your place of work and your home. commute (from A) (to B) She commutes from Oxford to London every day.
1. To substitute (one thing for another); exchange. 2. To change (a penalty, debt, or payment) to a less severe one. n. An act or instance of commuting, especially the trip made by a commuter: a 22-mile commute; an easy commute.
1. If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work. [...] 2. A commute is the journey that you make when you commute. [mainly US] [...] 3. If a death sentence or prison sentence is commuted to a less serious punishment, it is changed to that punishment. [...] More. English for Special Purposes.
COMMUTE meaning: 1 : to travel regularly to and from a place and especially between where you live and where you work; 2 : to change (a punishment) to a less severe one.
Oct 2, 2024 · commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted) (intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.
