Commute

  • 11commute — com|mute1 [kəˈmju:t] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: commutare to exchange, change , from com ( COM ) + mutare to change ] 1.) to regularly travel a long distance to get to work commute to/from/between ▪ Jim commutes to Manhattan every day.… …

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  • 12commute — [[t]kəmju͟ːt[/t]] commutes, commuting, commuted 1) VERB If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work. [V to/from n] Mike commutes to London every day... [V between n and n] McLaren began commuting… …

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  • 13commute — I UK [kəˈmjuːt] / US [kəˈmjut] verb Word forms commute : present tense I/you/we/they commute he/she/it commutes present participle commuting past tense commuted past participle commuted 1) [intransitive] to travel regularly to and from work I… …

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  • 14commute — 01. I usually [commute] to work by bicycle, except when the weather is really bad. 02. Eric has to [commute] about 50 miles to work every day. 03. Two [commuter] trains crashed this morning in London, killing ten people and injuring scores of… …

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  • 15commute — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Commute is used after these nouns: ↑morning {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ daily, every day ▪ regularly ▪ back and forth …

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  • 16commute — 1 verb 1 (I) to regularly travel a long distance to get to work (+ to/from/between): Jim commutes from Weehawken to Manhattan every day. 2 (T) to change the punishment given to a criminal to one that is less severe: commute a sentence (to): The… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17commute — I. verb (commuted; commuting) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin commutare to change, exchange, from com + mutare to change more at mutable Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. change, alter b. to …

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  • 18commute — /keuh myooht /, v., commuted, commuting, n. v.t. 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… …

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  • 19commute — Philippine English To take public transport. However, commute is not used as a noun, eg. I ll miss the commute in Philippine English …

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  • 20commute — com|mute1 [ kə mjut ] verb 1. ) intransitive to travel regularly to and from work: I commute by train. 2. ) transitive LEGAL to change a punishment to one that is less severe commute com|mute 2 [ kə mjut ] noun count usually singular the trip to… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English