Commute

  • 21commute — verb 1) they commute by train Syn: travel to and from work, travel to and fro, travel back and forth 2) his sentence was commuted Syn: reduce, lessen, lighten, shorten, cut, attenuate, moderate …

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  • 22commute — [kəˈmjuːt] verb I 1) [I] to travel regularly to and from work 2) [T] legal to change a punishment to one that is less severe II noun [singular] commute [kəˈmjuːt] the journey to and from work every day …

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  • 23commute — com•mute [[t]kəˈmyut[/t]] v. mut•ed, mut•ing, n. 1) to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe form 2) to exchange for another or for something else; interchange 3) to change: to commute base metal into gold[/ex] 4) bus to… …

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  • 24commute — [c]/kəˈmjut / (say kuh myooht) verb (commuted, commuting) –verb (t) 1. to exchange for another or something else; give and take reciprocally; interchange. 2. to change (one kind of payment) into or for another, as by substitution. 3. to change (a …

  • 25commute a sentence — See: commutation Category: Criminal Law Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …

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  • 26commute — verb a) To travel from ones home (usually in the suburbs of a city) to ones workplace (usually in the city itself, or in another city) to go to work, or vice versa. b) To engage in a commutative operation …

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  • 27commute — Synonyms and related words: alternate, bandy, be quits with, change, change for, compensate, compound for, convert, cooperate, counterchange, course, cover ground, dub in, exchange, fare, fare forth, fetch, flit, flow, gang, get back at, get even …

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  • 28commute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. See interchange, travel. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To change one thing for or into another] Syn. interchange, change, substitute, transform; see change 1 , exchange 1 , 2 . 2. [To exchange for something… …

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  • 29commute — com·mute || kÉ™ mjuːt v. change or reduce (a jail sentence or other punishment); exchange, replace, convert; travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work) …

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  • 30commute — verb 1》 travel some distance between one s home and place of work on a regular basis. 2》 reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to a less severe one.     ↘change one kind of payment or obligation for (another).     ↘replace… …

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