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commute
What does commute mean?
commute (verb): travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use commute in a sentence?
- How do you commute to school? (Tatoeba sentence #12054642 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce commute?
/kəˈmjut/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does commute come from?
From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, e.g. a month, for a single, commuted payment.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to commute
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “commute” mean?
to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services
Not quite: that's what pay means.
to know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
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to imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof
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travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
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