Definitions for commute
kəˈmyutcom·mute

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. commuteverb

   a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work

   "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"

2. commute, transposeverb

   exchange positions without a change in value

   "These operators commute with each other"

3. commuteverb

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

4. permute, commute, transposeverb

   change the order or arrangement of

   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

5. commute, convert, exchangeverb

   exchange a penalty for a less severe one

6. change, exchange, commute, convertverb

   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"

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1. Commuteverb

   to travel regularly from a place of residence to another place, such as where one's daily work is performed. Often, such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby city; as, to commute to work.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commuteverb

   To travel from one's home (usually in the suburbs of a city) to one's workplace (usually in the city itself, or in another city) to go to work, or vice versa.

2. commuteverb

   To engage in a commutative operation.

3. commuteverb

   To pay out the lump-sum present value of an annuity.

4. commuteverb

   To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.

5. Etymology: From commuto

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To COMMUTEverb

   Etymology: commuto, Latin.

   1. To exchange; to put one thing in the place of another; to give or receive one thing for another.

   This will commute our tasks, exchange these pleasant and gainful ones, which God assigns, for those uneasy and fruitless ones we impose on ourselves. Decay of Piety.

   2. To buy off, or ransom one obligation by another.

   Some commute swearing for whoring; as if forbearance of the one were a dispensation for the other. Roger L'Estrange.

2. To Commuteverb

   To attone; to bargain for exemption.

   Those institutions which God designed for means to further men in holiness, they look upon as a privilege to serve instead of it, and to commute for it. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. commute

   To commute generally refers to traveling a distance regularly, especially from home to work and back. However, in mathematics, specifically in algebra, 'commute' refers to the property of a binary operation where altering the order of the operands does not change the result, for example in multiplication and addition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commuteverb

   to exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares

2. Commuteverb

   to obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation

3. Commuteverb

   to pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route

4. Etymology: [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commute

   kom-ūt′, v.t. to exchange: to exchange a punishment for one less severe.—n. Commutabil′ity.—adj. Commut′able, that may be commuted or exchanged.—n. Commutā′tion, the act of commuting: change or exchange of one thing for another: the change of a penalty or rate from a greater to a less.—adj. Commū′tative (or Comm′), relating to exchange: interchangeable.—adv. Commū′tatively.—n. Comm′utātor, an apparatus attached to many electric machines for reversing the currents.—adj. Commut′ual, mutual. [L. commutāre—com, with mutāre, to change.]

Matched Categories

1. • Change By Reversal
   • Travel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of commute in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of commute in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of commute in a Sentence

1. Andrew Schneider:

   I'm grateful to you. If it weren't for you, I'd be in Cicely right now and I'd still be running that rat race, still locked in that commute. I'd be totally stressed, I'd be totally ignorant of what my life could be. I'm happier now than I've ever been.

2. Ashley Whillans:

   In my personal life, my husband started taking a toll route that was a little more expensive so his commute would be shorter. We know that longer commuters generally make us unhappier.

3. David Weinstock:

   It's going to become an almost two-hour commute each way, on top of 10-hour work days.

4. Lissa Minkin:

   Not having a long commute makes a huge positive impact on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

5. Martyn Namorong:

   For those who are traveling it's a major impact on people about to commute throughout our country because our country is severely dependant on air transport.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=commute
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=commute
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Commute
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=commute
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commute
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=commute