From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcommutecom‧mute1 /kəˈmjuːt/ ●●○ verb 1 [intransitive]TRAVEL to regularly travel a long distance to get to workcommute to/from/between Jim commutes to Manhattan every day.► see thesaurus at travel2 → commute a sentence (to something)3 → commute something for/into something→ See Verb table
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commute• One of my busboys commutes from a rented house in Fairfield.• Kendall commutes into the city every day from Waltham.• Some commute long distances while others work close to home.• I don't mind commuting on the train as long as I have a good book to read.• Many may eventually be able to work from home rather than commute to an office.• He had moved to Penzance in Cornwall, commuting to London for work.• With such equipment, staff could work from home instead of commuting to offices.commute to/from/between• Many may eventually be able to work from home rather than commute to an office.• Her batting average there: five stays of execution, one commuted to life in prison, and two men freed completely.• In particular, many people have moved to the Wirral peninsula and they commute to Liverpool through the Mersey tunnel or by ferry.• With such equipment, staff could work from home instead of commuting to offices.• The rules to make it through the obstacle course of a day's commute to school are carefully laid out.• The nearly completed four-lane route will help shorten the commute to the remote site, roughly 24 miles northeast of downtown.• I have to complete my contract and teach for a semester, which means commuting to upstate New York every week.• I lived in Boston and commuted to Worcester.commutecommute2 noun [countable usually singular] TRAVELthe journey to work every day My morning commute takes 45 minutes.► see thesaurus at journeyExamples from the Corpus
commute• Now, my father has a tiring job, a long commute, and a house to rehabilitate besides.• Traffic congestion during peak commute hours is terrible.From Longman Business Dictionarycommutecom‧mute /kəˈmjuːt/ verb [intransitive] TRAVELto regularly travel a long distance for your workcommute betweena businessman who commutes between Northern Ireland and Hong Kong —commute noun [countable usually singular]He got fed up with the daily commute into London. —commuter noun [countable]British Rail networks carrying commuters into London→ See Verb tableOrigin commute1 (1400-1500) Latin commutare “to exchange, change”, from com- ( → COM-) + mutare “to change” 