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Meaning of 'commute' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Commute [ v. i.]
- To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
- To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
2 . Commute [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'commute' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . commute [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
Example in sentence:
  • there is standing room only on the high-speed commute
2 . commute [ v]
Meaning (2):
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Example in sentence:
  • convert centimeters into inches;
  • convert holdings into shares;
  • Could you convert my dollars into pounds?;
  • He changed his name
Meaning (3):
- change the order or arrangement of
Example in sentence:
  • Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
Meaning (4):
- exchange positions without a change in value
Example in sentence:
  • These operators commute with each other

Nearby Words:

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