commuting
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- noun
- /kəˈmjuːtɪŋ/
- The high costs of commuting, including fuel and parking, can be a burden for many workers.
- commuting to work
- commuting in America
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Watch on YouTubeYou know, we talked about, yes, commuting is bad.
- You know, we talked about, yes, commuting is bad.
- I, I know several writers who write on Caltrain and, you know, commuting from San Francisco to Stanford.
- You know, it has something to do with the willingness to to find and take the reverse commute.
- You know, we're going to spend another third of it, you know, commuting and showering and, you know, and, and, and sitting at a desk and doing somebody else's bidding.
Examples
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Many people spend over an hour on commuting to their jobs every day, leading to longer work hours.
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And most rural communities in this area are within commuting distance of either a micropolitan area or a metropolitan area.
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But then we're working long hours and the pandemic, you know, commuting times had also increased.
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Commuting is definitely a lot easier before the rush!
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And, you know, lots of people are commuting to school, living off campus, living at home for, for a multitude of reasons.
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Commuting between reservation homes and border town jobs increases traffic, energy consumption, and pollution.
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"Commuting is a stress that doesn't pay off," says Stutzer.
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Decrease Your Commuting Time
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Commuting in the same direction obviously contributes a very small proportion of the variance in marital satisfaction.
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She prefers to live close to her office to reduce her commuting time and have more time with her family.
Synonyms
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1.1
Going from one place to another, often over a distance
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3.0
A regular journey between home and work, often over a long distance
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Moving from one place to another, often over a long distance
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A regular car trip to and from work each day
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To travel regularly between home and work or school
Antonyms
How Far
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Commuting comes from the old Latin verb commutare, which means 'to change'. In the 1800s train companies sold a single 'commuted' ticket for many trips, and people who used these tickets made the same journey every day. So commuting now means the regular travel between home and work.