commute
To exchange substantiallyTo exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
» Tom commutes to work by motorcycle.
Фома ездит на работу на мотоцикле.
Том їздить на роботу на мотоциклі.
Meaning
9 sensesTo exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
to commute tithes into rentcharges for a sum
to commute market rents for a premium
To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
(transitive)To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
to commute the daily toll for a year's pass
ablösen
(transitive)To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.
His prison sentence was commuted to probation.
herabsetzen, umwandeln, abwandeln
смягчать наказаниеsmjaxčatʹ nakazanije
(transitive)To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
ablösen, umwandeln
(intransitive)Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.
A pair of matrices share the same set of eigenvectors if and only if they commute.
ersetzen, tauschen, austauschen
коммутироватьkommutirovatʹ
change the order or arrangement of
(Canada, UK, US, intransitive)To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.
I commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan by bicycle.
pendeln, hin- und herfahren
е́здитьjézditʹ
travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
(Philippines, intransitive)To regularly travel from one place to another using public transport.
(intransitive)To journey, to make a journey
To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
(intransitive, obsolete)To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution;
tauschen
Examples
64 sentencesTom commutes to work by motorcycle.
Том їздить на роботу на мотоциклі.
ruФома ездит на работу на мотоцикле.
Tom commutes to work by bicycle.
Том їздить на роботу на велосипеді.
ruТом ездит на работу на велосипеде.
Tom commutes to school by train.
ruФома ездит в школу на поезде.
Tom commutes to work by train.
Tom commutes to school by bicycle.
ruТом ездит в школу на велосипеде.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 6
Origin
Borrowed from Latin commūtō.Borrowed from Latin commūtō.
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Forms
commutes, commuting, commuted, commutedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle