to telecommute
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- verb
- /ˌtɛlɪkəˈmjuːt/
:
teletrabajar
- As many people telecommute now as ride transit or walk or bike or carpool.
- telecommuting employees
- telecommute from home
- people telecommute
Examples
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Many companies now encourage their staff to telecommute to save on office space and reduce commuting time.
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I need to either work closer to home (Pierce County would be amazing) or have flexibility to telecommute.
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The service industry is pretty much the only one in which people can telecommute.
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Our commute-resistant friend had agreed to telecommute four days a week and come in for one day.
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I'll be telecommuting for the next couple of days, provided the power stays on.
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And if 60% of the folks telecommuted, the other 40% would have a much easier commute.
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Other jobs could be relegated to one or two days in the office and the rest of the days telecommuting.
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An April Telework Exchange report stated that 21 percent of federal workers telecommute, full-time or part-time.
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Employers can reduce traffic-related emissions by providing car- and van-pooling incentives and allowing employees to telecommute.
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White-collar workers telecommuting from home may obviate the need for offices, for they would be able to "meet" via video from locations around the world.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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To work at home or another place using the internet to communicate
Antonyms
How Remote
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Telecommute starts with tele-, which means 'far' and appears in familiar words like telephone and television, and the second part commute means 'travel to work'. So, to telecommute is to work 'far' from the office by using the internet or phone instead of traveling into work.