commute

Meaning

Verb

1. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
2. (transitive) To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
3. (transitive) To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
4. (transitive) To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
6. (intransitive) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.

Noun

1. A regular journey between two places, typically home and work.
2. The route, time or distance of that journey.

Synonyms

exchange

convert

change

interchange

permute

transpose

switch

replace

swop

substitute

shift

shuttle

junket

make up

pardon

reciprocate

reduce

reprieve

ride

shunt

stagger

stand in for

swap

switch over

take the place of

trade

transfer

transform

transition

transmute

travel

trip

change for

visit regularly

travel to

trade for

make small

alter

reduce in number

alternate

attend

barter

barter away

compensate

compensate for

confuse

diminish

divert

hop

journey

Translations

conmutar

échanger

pendeln

commuter

commutare

commutar

ανταλάσσω

overschakelen

omleggen

omschakelen

faire la navette

changer

comutar

trocar

fare il pendolare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈmjuːt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commūtō.