commute

🇺🇸 /kəˈmjuːt/ 🇬🇧 /kəˈmjuːt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000CEFR-C1
verb
R

to travel regularly between home and work

She commutes to the city every day by train.

R

to make a punishment less severe

The judge commuted his sentence from death to life in prison.

R

to change one form of payment into another

They decided to commute the investment into a long-term loan.

noun
R

the regular trip between home and work

His daily commute takes about an hour each way.

translation

v. to travel regularly between home and work; to make a punishment less severe; to change one form of payment into another
n. the regular trip between home and work

Word Forms

3rd Present commutes
Progressive commuting
Past commuted
Perfect commuted
Plural commutes