[ UK /kəmjˈuːt/ ]
[ US /kəmˈjut/ ]
VERB
  1. exchange positions without a change in value
    These operators commute with each other
  2. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
    convert holdings into shares
    He changed his name
    convert centimeters into inches
    Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
  3. travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
  4. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
  5. change the order or arrangement of
    Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
NOUN
  1. a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
    there is standing room only on the high-speed commute
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How To Use commute In A Sentence

  • Apart from causing public nuisance and inconvenience to the commuters this also leads to road accidents.
  • Caltrain contracts with Amtrak to operate the commuter rail line, which accommodates 26, 000 daily riders.
  • Since my parents both commuted a long way from home, long before the word "playdate" ever existed, I spent most afternoons running from house to house, soaking up the sounds, smells and tastes. Jessica Seinfeld: Reclaiming Family Food
  • Instead of the grim faces of commuters on their way into work, people were bleary-eyed but smiling for no particular reason.
  • In other words, simultaneous measurements can only be mutually compatible for observables corresponding to operators that commute with each other.
  • The building supports environmentally minded commuters by providing showers for bicyclers and accommodating employees who wish to take the bus.
  • One of the biggest dangers to commuters at the time was the constant threat of pickpockets and other petty thieves preying upon unsuspecting victims.
  • He was interested in the structure of rings of linear operators and realized that the central idempotents, that is, the operators E that commuted with all other operators in the ring under multiplication (that is, EL = LE for all L in the ring) and which were idempotent under multiplication The Algebra of Logic Tradition
  • Foster parents should be willing to commute, be bilingual and have dual nationality.
  • That means Schwarzenegger's earnings from a career as a Hollywood megastar, which allowed him to forgo a salary as governor and commute by private jet to Sacramento, likely will be evenly divided with his estranged wife. Maria Shriver files to divorce Arnold Schwarzenegger
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