commute

v., -mut·ed, -mut·ing, -mutes.

v.intr.

1. To travel as a commuter.
2. 1. To make substitution or exchange.
   2. To serve as a substitute.
3. To pay in gross, usually at a reduced rate, rather than in individual payments.
4. Mathematics & Logic. To satisfy or engage in a commutative operation.

v.tr.

1. To substitute (one thing for another); exchange.
2. To change (a penalty, debt, or payment) to a less severe one.

n.

An act or instance of commuting, especially the trip made by a commuter: a 22-mile commute; an easy commute.

[Middle English commuten, to transform, from Latin commūtāre : com-, com- + mūtāre, to change.]

verb

To give up in return for something else: change, exchange, interchange, shift, substitute, switch, trade. Informal swap. See change/persist, substitute.

v

Definition: exchange, trade
Antonyms: keep

v

Definition: reduce punishment
Antonyms: increase, lengthen

v

Definition: travel
Antonyms: telecommute, work from home

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The movement from suburban or rural locations to the place of work and back. Commuting developed as transport systems improved; initially it was the rich who could afford to commute by train, so that exclusive suburbs developed, but the tram, and later the bus and private car, put commuting within the means of most workers, with a corresponding increase in the size of the city, and the problems of rush-hour congestion; the predicament of Parisian commuters in the public sector strikes of late 1995 indicated the crucial importance of transport systems for a majority of commuters. There is some correlation between city size and commuting distance—some workers commute to London from Leeds, for example, while the catchment area of commuters to Oxford is much smaller. The gravity model may be used to predict commuter flows.

Commuting is usually on a daily basis but can occur weekly. Most commuting is in-commuting involving movement into the city to work, but reverse commuting also occurs where residents in the inner city travel daily to workplaces in the suburbs. Lateral commuting involves the journey from one residential location to another as the suburbanization of industry develops. see Lowry model.

IN BRIEF: To travel to and from work.

There's plenty of time to daydream when you're stuck in commute traffic.

Quotes:

"Commuter -- one who spends his life in riding to and from his wife; And man who shaves and takes a train, and then rides back to shave again." - Elwyn Brooks White

"Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion." - Elwyn Brooks White

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - pendle, være ombyttelig, rejse på abonnementskort
v. tr. - forvandle, ombytte, erstatte
n. - pendling

idioms:

• commuter belt    nærtrafikområde, opland

Nederlands (Dutch)
forenzen, (straf) verlichten/omzetten, (ver)wisselen

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire la navette, faire le trajet
v. tr. - (Fin) convertir, (Jur) commuer en
n. - (US) trajet journalier

idioms:

• commuter belt    grande banlieue

Deutsch (German)
v. - umwandeln, pendeln
n. - Weg zur Arbeit

idioms:

• commuter belt    Einzugsgebiet

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πηγαινοέρχομαι καθημερινά μεταξύ κατοικίας και χώρου εργασίας, μετατρέπω, μετατρέπω ποινή (επί το επιεικέστερον), (για μορφή αποζημίωσης) αντικαθιστώ, υποκαθιστώ, (ηλεκτρ.) μετάγω (μετατρέπω εναλλασσόμενο ρεύμα σε συνεχές)
n. - εργαζόμενος στο κέντρο

idioms:

• commuter belt    (καθομ.) περιαστικές περιοχές κατοικίας

Italiano (Italian)
fare la navetta, fare il pendolare

idioms:

• commuter belt    periferia

Português (Portuguese)
v. - comutar, converter, compensar
n. - comutação (f)

idioms:

• commuter belt    local de trabalho para onde as pessoas viajam

Русский (Russian)
заменять, компенсировать, ехать и возвращаться с работы

idioms:

• commuter belt    пригород

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer un cambio o sustitución
v. tr. - conmutar, cambiar, sustituir
n. - viajar a diario de la casa al trabajo

idioms:

• commuter belt    zona suburbana, barrios periféricos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - byta ut, förvandla, pendla
n. - pendling, pendelavstånd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
通勤, 代偿, 替代, 交换, 减轻, 改换支付方法

idioms:

• commuter belt    通勤者居住的地带

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 通勤, 代償, 替代
v. tr. - 交換, 減輕, 改換支付方法
n. - 通勤

idioms:

• commuter belt    通勤者居住的地帶

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 통근하다, 돈으로 대신 갚다, 교환 가능하다
v. tr. - 교환하다, 감면하다, 전류의 방향을 바꾸다
n. - 통근 , 통근거리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 取り替える, 交換する, 減刑する, 金で代償する, 通勤する
n. - 通勤, 通勤距離

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) سافر بوميا من و الى مكان عمله, أبدل, حول, خفف, استبدل (الاسم) سفرة يوميه للعمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נסע בקביעות (לעבודה), החליף‬
v. tr. - ‮המתיק עונש, החליף‬
n. - ‮נסיעה לעבודה‬

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