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Word: Commute
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (in the sense ‘interchange (two things’)): from Latin commutare, from com- ‘altogether’ + mutare ‘to change’. commute (sense 1 of the verb) originally meant to buy and use a commutation ticket, a US term for a season ticket (because the daily fare is commuted to a single payment)
kəˈmjuːt
travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis
Short Definition:travel regularly between home and work
Examples:- he commuted from Corby to Kentish Town
reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one
Short Definition:reduce judicial sentence to less severe one
Examples:- the governor commuted the sentence to fifteen years' imprisonment
(of two operations or quantities) have a commutative relation
Short Definition:have commutative relation
Examples:- operators which do not commute with each other
Word: Commute
Speech Type: Noun
kəˈmjuːt
a regular journey of some distance to and from one's place of work
Short Definition:regular journey between home and work
Examples:- the daily commute
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