'Commute' definitions:

Definition of 'commute'

(from WordNet)
noun
A regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"
verb
Exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other" [syn: commute, transpose]
verb
Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
verb
Change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute, transpose]
verb
Exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: commute, convert, exchange]
verb
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" [syn: change, exchange, commute, convert]

Definition of 'Commute'

From: GCIDE
  • Commute \Com*mute"\, v. i.
  • 1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation. [1913 Webster]
  • He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [PJC]

Definition of 'Commute'

From: GCIDE
  • Commute \Com*mute"\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first "watery", and the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. --J. Harris [1913 Webster]
  • The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'commute'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Commute'