commute

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From Latin commutare.

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Infinitive
to commute

Third person singular
commutes

Simple past
commuted

Past participle
commuted

Present participle
commuting

to commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)

  1. (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.
  2. (intransitive, mathematics) To engage in a commutative operation.
  3. (transitive, finance) To pay out the lump-sum present value of an annuity.
  4. (transitive, law, criminology) To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.

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