to commute
- verb
- /kəˈmjuːt/
- Many of the Paragroup soldiers commute daily from Harare due to both housing and ration shortages.
- commute to work
- commute long distances
- commute daily
It was the nicest place to grow up and, and just so easy to commute to New York, walk to school.
- It was the nicest place to grow up and, and just so easy to commute to New York, walk to school.
- I like epoxy projects, Pokémon, and listening to audio books when I commute.
- The problem with me is I don't commute And so my podcast listening has to be very strategic.
Examples
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Although Noriko and Momoko both commuted to their teaching jobs, they were in different schools.
Fiction book (1996) -
The best thing about all of them was that they required me to commute to Manhattan.
Academic text (2007) -
It's very, very well known that most people will only commute a certain number of minutes each way per day.
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In any event, you could always commute there with me at the start.
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Yeah, I commute to London. - Oh, Big Smoke.
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Residents in these rural communities typically commute to the small cities of the county for their employment.
Academic text (2018) -
To get to work from Bursa, he had to commute two and a half hours every day.
Fiction book (1995) -
The majority of the population commutes to the larger city and nearby factories to work.
Academic text (1990) -
Using a well-developed transportation network, many rural dwellers commute to work in urban industries.
Academic text (2003) -
I commute to my office every day by train, which takes about 30 minutes.
Synonyms
To go from one place to another, often for work or pleasure
To travel from home to your job
To go to another place for work or pleasure
To travel back and forth often between two places
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Etymology
Commute comes from an old Latin verb commutare meaning 'change' or 'exchange', and in the 1800s people began to 'commute' many small fares into one cheaper ticket for regular travel. So commute came to mean the regular trip people make between home and work.