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to commute

to commute

42 2.5
To travel regularly between home and work, often over a long distance
  • verb
  • /kəˈmjuːt/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • In any event, you could always commute there with me at the start.

  • Yeah, I commute to London. - Oh, Big Smoke.

  • 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 travel
vsto commute
1.0

To go from one place to another, often for work or pleasure

is regular movement between home and place of employment rather than general distance movement
to go to work
vsto commute
455 1.0

To travel from home to your job

is a regular repeated journey between home and place of employment over some distance
to travel to
vsto commute
263 1.0

To go to another place for work or pleasure

is repeated, routine movement specifically between home and a place of employment
to shuttle
vsto commute
29 4.1

To travel back and forth often between two places

is regular personal movement between home and place of employment rather than a service

Antonyms

1.0

To remain in one place and not leave

How Often

to shuttle
29 4.1
to commute
42 2.5
to crisscross
21 3.7
traveling
  • US
146 1.1
to visit
1.0

Surface Forms

commute infinitive
commuted past
commuted past participle
commuting present participle
commutes third person singular

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.