commuteverb
uk/kəˈmjuːt/us/kəˈmjuːt/commute verb (TRAVEL)
C1 [ I ] to make the same journey regularly between work and home:
It's exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day.
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Travelling
- backpacking
- bum around (somewhere)
- catch
- coach
- connect
- cover
- cruise
- destination
- gad about/around (somewhere)
- gallivant
- have sth, will travel idiom
- override
- ply
- road
- roam
- tootle
- tourist class
- travel
- travelled
- well travelled
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commute verb (CHANGE)
[ T ] formal to change one thing into another:
People used to believe that you could commute base metals into gold.
[ T ] specialized finance & economics to exchange one type of payment for a different type:
I think I'll commute my life insurance into an annuity.
[ T ] specialized law to change a punishment to one that is less severe:
Her sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.
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Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- reverse
- swing
- transfigure
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Replacing and exchanging
Not punishing & reducing punishment
commutenoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈmjuːt/us/kəˈmjuːt/informala regular journey between work and home:
It's at least an hour's commute to work.
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Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carsick
- convoy
- foray
- grand tour
- journey
- mystery tour
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- peregrination
- pilgrimage
- ride
- round trip
- sail
- short-haul
- the long haul idiom
- travelling
- trip
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