commuting
🇺🇸 /kəˈmjuːtɪŋ/
📖 Definitions
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noun
The act of traveling regularly between one's home and place of work or study, typically over a considerable distance.; The act of exchanging or substituting one thing for another, especially a lesser penalty for a greater one.; In mathematics, the property of two operations or elements being interchangeable in order without affecting the result.
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adjective
Relating to or used for regular travel between home and workplace.
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verb
Present participle of 'commute': to travel regularly between one's home and place of work or study.; Present participle of 'commute': to reduce or change a legal sentence to a less severe one.; Present participle of 'commute': to exchange one thing for another; to substitute.
🔗 Details
Word forms
countable
Plural: commutes
3rd sing.: commutes
Past: commuted
Past part.: commuted
Pres part.: commuting
Collocations
daily commutelong commutecommute to workcommute timecommute back and forthmorning commute
Derivatives
commutercommutablecommutationcommutativecommutator
Synonyms
traveljourneytriptrek
Antonyms
stayremain
Commonly confused
compute
EN: 'Compute' means to calculate mathematically; 'commute' means to travel regularly between home and work.
communicate
EN: 'Communicate' means to convey information; 'commute' means to travel regularly or to reduce a legal sentence.
Spelling tips
EN: Remember 'commute' has double 'm' and a single 't'. Do not confuse it with 'compute' (single 'm', 'p' instead of second 'm').
💬 Examples
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Her daily commuting takes over two hours each way by train.
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The governor granted the commuting of the prisoner's death sentence to life imprisonment.
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The commuting of multiplication means that a × b equals b × a.
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He bought a commuting pass to save money on his daily train rides.
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She is commuting from the suburbs to the city center every day.
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The judge is commuting the original sentence due to the defendant's cooperation.
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They are commuting their annuity payments for a lump sum.