commute

(noun, verb)

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.