commuter
- noun
- /kəˈmjuːtər/
- During rush hour, many commuters are packed into the subway cars like sardines.
- commuter train
- commuter rail
- commuters use public transportation
And we're not even done for the commuters out there.
- And we're not even done for the commuters out there.
- The heavy foot traffic of silhouettic commuters hastening home outside and us here.
- They have been a little bit tied up with pandemics slightly and not all that focused on, you know, commuters to lower Manhattan.
- For public transportation systems in not affect cities, fewer commuters are leading to budget deficits and massive projected shortfalls.
Examples
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All around him were the other men, commuters too, and many of them friends of his.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many commuters are abandoning their vehicles.
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A commuter recorded what happened on their phone and posted it online.
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I have to leave, I have to get on the commuter rail, - and I go back to LA.
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For instance, in Atlanta in 1992, the average commuter spent 25 hours a year stuck in traffic.
Academic text (2004) -
As a consequence, these students at commuter institutions lack a sense of belonging to the given institution.
Academic text (2015) -
Ringwood's going to become one of the most affluent little commuter towns in the country.
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In Kyoto, I ride the efficient commuter trains and the safe, graffiti-free subways.
Academic text (1998) -
And I would put it at the top of the Holland Tunnel for all the busy commuters stressing and and frantically driving to work.
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Every morning, the commuter takes the train from the suburbs to the city for work.
Compounds
A train that carries people who travel regularly between home and work or school in a city
How Urban
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word commuter comes from the verb commute, which comes from the Latin commutare meaning 'to change' or 'exchange'. So a commuter is someone who moves between home and work regularly.