Commute

Definition: Commute

Commute

Verb

1. Transpose and remain equal in value; of variables or operators, in mathematics; "These operators commute with each other".

2. Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home.

3. Change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word".

4. Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.

5. Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?" "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "commute" was first used: sometime around 1450. (references)

Statistics

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Synonyms: Commute

Compromise

Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.

Interchange

Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner,Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate; requite.

Substitution

Verb: subs put in the place of, change for; make way for, give place to; supply the place of, take the place of; supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute; step into stand in the shoes of; jury rig, make a shift with, put up with; borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize; commute, redeem, compound for.

Crosswords: Commute

Books

• Environmental benefits and impact on moderate-sized businesses of employee commute options required by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Development of Rural Enterprises, Exports, and the Environment of the Committe (reference)

• Killer Commute (reference)

• The Commute (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Spanish-American village along the Rio Hondo near Taos, New Mexico. The residents live in town and commute to their small farmlands on the outskirts of the town. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

While Belgians change jobs periodically, they are unlikely to move their residence to reduce the commute distance/time to a job. Consequently, greater attention is being given to car presentation and maintenance. (references)

Economic History

Nepal

The king may grant pardons and may suspend, commute, or remit any sentence by any court. (references)

Paraguay

One of Cubas' first acts after taking office in August was to commute Oviedo's sentence and release him from confinement. (references)

Human Rights

Nepal

The King also can suspend, commute, or remit any sentence. (references)

Worker Rights

Monaco

The 5 percent adjustment was intended to compensate for the travel costs of the three-quarters of the workforce who commute daily from France. (references)

India

During 2000 a Prerana pilot program trained employees of a large Maharashtra government enterprise to identify and assist trafficking victims during their daily bus commute; Prerana also has enlisted the assistance of state police, who help train the workers. (references)

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Expressions using "commute": commute death sentence ♦ commute in ♦ commute to death sentence ♦ peak commute congestion period. Additional references.

Albanian

zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), zëvendësoj (act for, cover, deputize, displace, double, interchange, make up for, pre empt, replace, substitute, supersede, supplant, understudy), udhëtoj vajtje-ardhje rregullisht, shkëmbej (bandy, barter, change, exchange, interchange, melt, swap, swop), ndërroj (cast, change, distort, dress, exchange, malt, proselytize, relay, relieve, remove, transfigure, veer). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غير (beyond, budge, but, change, fashion, masquerade, metamorphose, mis, modify, modulate, non, overrun, rehash, renew, reverse, revise, shape, shift, switch, switch over, than, transfer, transpose, turn, un-), ‏عدل (adjust, alter, amend, arrange, blue pencil, equal, equate, erect, evenness, fairness, fashion, fix, justice, justness, mend, modify, modulate, overhaul, qualify, reason, recast, reclaim, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, reshuffle, retrofit, revise, right, righteousness, rightness, shuffle, straighten, temper), ‏ذهب يوميا الى العمل, ‏خفف العقوبة (qualify), ‏إنتقال (demise, move, removal, signing up, switch, transference, transition, transmission), ‏إستبدل (change, displace, exchange, replace, stand in, subrogate, substitute), ‏دفع جملة واحدة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смекчавам наказание, сменям начина на заплащане, заменям (exchange, replace, substitute, supersede, trade, trade off), пътувам с абонаментна карта, променям посоката на тока. (various references)

Chinese 

通勤 (Commuted, Commuting). (various references)

Czech

zamìnit, dojíždìt. (various references)

Dutch

overschakelen, omschakelen (commutation, switch over, switching), omleggen. (various references)

Esperanto

komuti. (various references)

Farsi 

مسافرت کردن بابلیطتخفیف دار, هرروزازحومه بشهروبالعکس سفرکردن , تبدیل کردن (Transform, Transmute, Turquoise). (various references)

Finnish

matkustaa päivittäin työhönsä (commute between home and work). (various references)

French

commuter, aiguiller. (various references)

German

pendeln (fluctuate, oscillate, shuttle, swing, to commute, to oscillate, to shuttle, vacillate). (various references)

Greek 

μετατρέπω (alter, convert, divert, reduce, transform, transmute), χρησιμοποιώ εισιτήριο διάρκειασ, εναλλάσσω (alternate, interchange, stagger), ανταλάσσω, ανταλλάσσω (barter, change for, exchange, interchange, permute, reciprocate, swap, swop, trade, trade for). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"מתיק עו� ש (palliate), ל�"חליף (alternate, change, exchange, interchange, pinchhit, replace, substitute, switch, swop, trade in), ל� סוע בקביעות. (various references)

Hungarian

ingázás. (various references)

Indonesian

mengganti (displace, replace), mengampuni (forgive, pardon), bertukar (trade). (various references)

Italian

commutare (commutate, convert, transform, transubstantiate), fare il pendolare. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

通う (to commute, to go back & forth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かよう (available, ballad, caring for the sick, comely face, floral leaf, in such a manner, like this, lotus leaf, lower leaves, solubilizing, soluble, song, taking care of oneself, to attend, to commute, to go back and forth, to ply between, Tuesday). (various references)

Korean 

감형하십시�" (mitigate). (various references)

Manx

maylartey (alternate, barter, bartering, commutation, exchange, interchange, reciprocate, reciprocating, reciprocation, substitution, swap, transpose, transposing), coonrey (barter, contract, exchange), ceaghley (change, modify, mutate). (various references)

Norwegian

pendle. (various references)

Pig Latin

ommutecay.(various references)

Portuguese

comute, comutar (exchange, remit), viajar diariamente, viagem diária, trocar (bandy, bartender, barter, change, clabber, exchange, give, interchange, substitute, swap, switch, swop, to cash, to change, truck), diminuir (abridge, assuage, cut down, dampen, decline, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, dock, dwarf, dwindle, extenuate, fall, impair, lessen, lower, mince, minify, pass off, rebate, reduce, relax, retrench, shorten, shrink, sink, wear down, whittle). (various references)

Romanian

transforma (alter, change, chop, convert, fashion, idolize, modify, permute, recast, reduce, resolve, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn into), schimba (alter, change, chop, convert into, exchange, fashion, improve, interchange, modify, renew, replace, shift, substitute, supersede, supplant, swap, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, vary), folosi un abonament, înlocui (change, cover, displace, do duty for, make good, replace, shift, supersede, supplant). (various references)

Russian 

смягчать (assuage, attenuate, damp, extenuate, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palatalize, palliate, relax, remit, soft pedal, soften, subdue, tone down), коммутировать, заменять (interchange, make into, replace, shift into, substitute for, supersede, take the place of, understudy), переключать (change over, commutate, switch, switch over, throw over). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zameniti (exchange, fill in, mistake, replace, substitute, supersede, supplant, switch, switch over), razmeniti (barter, exchange, permute, swap, trade). (various references)

Spanish

conmutar (switch). (various references)

Swedish

pendla (oscillate, pendulate, vibrate), förvandla (alter, change, metamorphose, reduce, transform, turn). (various references)

Turkish

takas etmek (barter, change, Dicker, exchange, interchange, swop, trade, truck), hafifletmek (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, deaden, de-escalate, ease, emasculate, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, moderate, modify, palliate, qualify, relieve, remit, soft pedal, subdue, water, weaken), evle iş arasını trenle gidip gelmek, değiş-tokuş etmek, değiştirmek (alter, alternate, amend, change, convert, disguise, diversify, doctor, exchange, falsify, garble, inflect, interchange, intersperse, juggle with, metamorphose, modify, recast, replace, revise, shed, shift, specialize, swap, switch, switch to, swop, transmute, unmake, vary), çevirmek (assemble, avert, bowl, change to, convert, decline, deflect, divert, encircle, enclose, exchange, flip, flip over, hedge in, hedge round, inclose, interpret, manage, point, point on, pull, render, revert, roll, roll over, screw, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, surround, switch to, translate, translate into, turn, turn into, turn on, turn over, turn to, twiddle, twirl, upturn, whip, wind, wind up, zone). (various references)

Ukrainian

замінювати, пом'якшувати покарання, перемикати (switch over). (various references)

commutare. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "commute": commuted, commuter, commuters, commutes. (additional references)

Words ending with "commute": telecommute. (additional references)

Words containing "commute": telecommuted, telecommuter, telecommuters, telecommutes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Commute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: comete, comette, comite, commetee, commite, commitie, commutge, commuti, commuty, Comtek, comtume, comum, comute, Koummoue. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: comet, comte.

-3 letters: come, cote, cute, memo, meou, mome, mote, moue, mute, tome.

-4 letters: cot, cue, cum, cut, ecu, emu, mem, met, moc, mom, mot, mum, mut, out, toe, tom, umm.

-5 letters: em, et, me, mm, mo, mu, oe, om, to, um, ut.

+1 letter: commuted, commuter, commutes.

+2 letters: comminute, commutate, commuters.

+3 letters: comminuted, comminutes, commixture, commutable, commutated, commutates, consummate, lumpectomy, miscompute.

+4 letters: commixtures, communicate, communities, commutative, computerdom, consummated, consummates, countermemo, crematorium, miscomputed, miscomputes, telecommute, uncommitted, uncommonest.

+5 letters: commensurate, communicated, communicatee, communicates, computerdoms, consummately, consummative, countermemos, crematoriums, incommutable, lumpectomies, minicomputer, mycetomatous, subcommittee, telecommuted, telecommuter, telecommutes.