Commute Meaning
/kəˈmjuːt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
verbTo exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen, To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
Sentence Examples
I commute to work for an hour.
I have to commute all the way from a distant suburb.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Many residents prefer to ____ by train rather than driving through traffic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I have a very long daily ____ to work by train.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin mūtō Latin commūtōbor. English commute Borrowed from Latin commūtō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Ruslan Kutaev is evidence of this: not only was the elderly man sentenced to four years in prison (later commuted to two months), but he was tortured and his family threatened. This seems to be the price of viewing the world in other than Kadyrovite terms."
— 2018, Dominic Rubin, Russia's Muslim Heartlands: Islam in the Putin Era, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207:
"He […] thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind."
— 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC:
"If you're hearing me then it means your ego has been commuted successfully into this CAT with zero errors. Only one warning by the way: it may take a moment to acclimatize to being a bodyless ego, but try not to worry too much."
— 2022, MindThunk, Ctrl Alt Ego:
"PS: The average commute time in the freewayless City of Vancouver is 27 minutes, while outside of the City of Vancouver the average commute time is 31 minutes."
— 2012 July 12, Nathan Pachal, “TomTom Congestion Index Useless for Metro Vancouver”, in The South Fraser Blog:
"My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room."
— 2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 66:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Many residents prefer to ____ by train rather than driving through traffic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I have a very long daily ____ to work by train.