COMMUTE
\kəmjˈuːt], \kəmjˈuːt], \k_ə_m_j_ˈuː_t]\
Definitions of COMMUTE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
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transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators commute with each other"
By Princeton University
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travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
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transpose and remain equal in value; of variables or operators, in mathematics; "These operators commute with each other"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
By Oddity Software
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To exchange; substitute; in electrical usage, to alter, as a current; reduce the severity of; as, the governor was asked to commute the prisoner's sentence.
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To pay in gross, at a reduced rate, as railroad fare.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman