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com·mute
(kə-myo͞ot′)v. com·mut·ed, com·mut·ing, com·mutes
v.intr.
1. To travel as a commuter: She commuted each day to her office downtown by subway.
2.
a. To make substitution or exchange.
b. To serve as a substitute.
3. To pay in gross, usually at a reduced rate, rather than in individual payments.
4. Mathematics & Logic To satisfy a commutative property. If a × b = b × a, then a commutes with b, regardless of whether the operation indicated by × is commutative.
v.tr.
1. To substitute (one thing for another); exchange.
2. To change (a penalty, debt, or payment) to a less severe one.
n.
An act or instance of commuting, especially the trip made by a commuter: a 22-mile commute; an easy commute.
[Middle English commuten, to transform, from Latin commūtāre : com-, com- + mūtāre, to change; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]
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commute
(kəˈmjuːt)vb
1. (intr) to travel some distance regularly between one's home and one's place of work
2. (tr) to substitute; exchange
3. (Law) (tr) law to reduce (a sentence) to one less severe
4. (Insurance) to pay (an annuity) at one time, esp with a discount, instead of in instalments
5. (tr) to transform; change: to commute base metal into gold.
6. (intr) to act as or be a substitute
7. (intr) to make a substitution; change
n
a journey made by commuting
[C17: from Latin commutāre to replace, from com- mutually + mutāre to change]
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com•mute
(kəˈmyut)v. -mut•ed, -mut•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe form.
2. to exchange for another or for something else; interchange.
3. to change: to commute base metal into gold.
4. to change (one kind of payment) into or for another, as by substitution.
v.i. 5. to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back.
6. to make substitution; compensate.
7. to serve as a substitute.
8. to give the same mathematical result whether operating on the left or on the right.
n. 9. a trip made by commuting.
10. an act or instance of commuting.
[1400–50; < Latin commūtāre to change, replace]
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commute
Past participle: commuted
Gerund: commuting
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| Noun | 1. | commute - a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute" journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another |
| Verb | 1. | commute - exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| 2. |  commute - travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home | |
| 3. | commute - change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" | |
| 4. | commute - exchange a penalty for a less severe one | |
| 5. | commute - 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" rectify - convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current" utilize - convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) capitalise, capitalize - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" launder - convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones switch, change, shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" break - exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" |
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commute
verb
1. travel to and from, shuttle between, travel between, travel back and forth between He commutes to London every day.
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commute
verbTo give up in return for something else:
Informal: swap.
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[kəˈmjuːt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
commute
(kəˈmjuːt) verb1. to travel regularly between two places, especially between home in the suburbs and work in the city. desplazarse diariamente al lugar de trabajo
2. to change (a criminal sentence) for one less severe. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.conmutar
comˈmuter noun a person who travels to work daily. persona que se desplaza diariamente a su lugar de trabajo
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commute
→ desplazarse al centro de trabajo , desplazarse diariamente al centro de trabajoMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009