commute
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin commutare.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːt
[edit] Verb
commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)
- (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.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To engage in a commutative operation.
- (transitive, finance) To pay out the lump-sum present value of an annuity.
- (transitive, law, criminology) To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.
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[edit] Translations
to regularly travel
engage in a commutative operation
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