Lexic.us

Definition of Commute

1. Verb. Exchange positions without a change in value. "These operators commute with each other"

2. Noun. A regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work. "There is standing room only on the high-speed commute"

3. Verb. Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home.

4. Verb. Change the order or arrangement of. "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

5. Verb. Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.

6. Verb. Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category. "They commute the money "; "Convert holdings into shares"

Definition of Commute

1. 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.

2. v. i. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

Definition of Commute

1. Verb. (intransitive) To travel from one's home (usually in the suburbs of a city) to one's workplace (usually in the city itself, or in another city) to go to work, or ''vice versa''. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive mathematics) To engage in a commutative operation. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive finance) To pay out the lump-sum present value of an annuity. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive legal criminology) To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commute

1. to exchange [v -MUTED, -MUTING, -MUTES] - See also: exchange

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commute

commutations commutative commutative algebra commutative group commutative justice commutatively commutativeness commutativities commutativity commutator

commutator length commutator lengths commutator subgroup commutator subgroups commutators commute (current term) commuted commuter commuter belt commuter marriage

commuter rail commuter traffic commuter train commuters commutes commuting commutive commutual commy comobilization

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