noun
- A regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work.
- usage: "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"
verb
- Exchange positions without a change in value.
- usage: "These operators commute with each other"
- synonyms: transpose
- Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home.
- Change the order or arrangement of.
- usage: "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
- Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.
- Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.
- usage: "Could you convert my dollars into pounds"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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