commute

[Com*muteĀ·]

A commute is a journey you take from home to work and back again. You might enjoy your subway commute because it gives you lots of time to read.

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To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence; to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.

Verb
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

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exchange a penalty for a less severe one

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change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

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transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators commute with each other"

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travel back and forth regularly, as between one''s place of work and home

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v. t.
To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.

v. i.
To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

v. i.
To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.


Commute

Com*mute" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.] To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence; to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first "watery", and the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse.
The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading.

Commute

Com*mute", v. i. 1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind.
2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.

To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence; to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.

To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

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Usage Examples

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

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