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commute

/kəˈmjut/noun, verb2 syllables

Commute means: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.

Synonyms for commute7

verb, as in exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

verb, as in change the order or arrangement of

permute, transpose

verb, as in exchange a penalty for a less severe one

verb, as in exchange positions without a change in value

transpose

What does commute mean?6

verb

1

exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category“Could you convert my dollars into pounds?”

2

change the order or arrangement of“Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word”

3

exchange a penalty for a less severe one

4

exchange positions without a change in value“These operators commute with each other”

5

travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

noun

1

a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work“there is standing room only on the high-speed commute”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with commute?28

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Commute in a sentence

  • If you commute to work with a car, you risk getting too little exercise.Lindoula
  • I have to commute all the way from a distant suburb.unknown
  • The new highway shaves almost an hour off my commute time.darinmex
  • There'll be foggy conditions on your commute this morning.Eccles17
  • He had to commute to work at his first job.Ergulis
  • I commute to school by train and bus.CK
  • Ziri's commute consisted mostly in driving through flatland.Amastan
  • William loves playing games on his phone during his daily commute.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of commute

as a noun

plural
commutes

as a verb

past tense
commuted
present participle
commuting
third-person singular
commutes
past participle
commuted