commute
noun
1. a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
- there is standing room only on the high-speed commute
Definition categories: act, journey, journeying
verb
1. exchange positions without a change in value
- These operators commute with each other
Similar word(s): transpose
Definition categories: change
2. travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
Definition categories: motion, jaunt, travel, trip
3. change the order or arrangement of
Similar word(s): permute, transpose
Definition categories: change, reverse, turn
4. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
Similar word(s): convert, exchange
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
5. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Similar word(s): change, convert, exchange
Definition categories: change, replace
Sentences with commute as a verb:
- I commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan by bicycle.
- A pair of matrices share the same set of eigenvectors if and only if they commute.
- to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares
- to commute for a year's travel over a route
- His prison sentence was commuted to probation.