Meaning of "commute" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMMUTE

From Latin commutāre to replace, from com- mutually + mutāre to change.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COMMUTE

commute  [kəˈmjuːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMUTE

Commute is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb commute in English.

WHAT DOES COMMUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of commute in the English dictionary

The first definition of commute in the dictionary is to travel some distance regularly between one's home and one's place of work. Other definition of commute is to substitute; exchange. Commute is also to reduce to one less severe.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COMMUTE

PRESENT

Present

I commute

you commute

he/she/it commutes

we commute

you commute

they commute

Present continuous

I am commuting

you are commuting

he/she/it is commuting

we are commuting

you are commuting

they are commuting

Present perfect

I have commuted

you have commuted

he/she/it has commuted

we have commuted

you have commuted

they have commuted

Present perfect continuous

I have been commuting

you have been commuting

he/she/it has been commuting

we have been commuting

you have been commuting

they have been commuting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I commuted

you commuted

he/she/it commuted

we commuted

you commuted

they commuted

Past continuous

I was commuting

you were commuting

he/she/it was commuting

we were commuting

you were commuting

they were commuting

Past perfect

I had commuted

you had commuted

he/she/it had commuted

we had commuted

you had commuted

they had commuted

Past perfect continuous

I had been commuting

you had been commuting

he/she/it had been commuting

we had been commuting

you had been commuting

they had been commuting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will commute

you will commute

he/she/it will commute

we will commute

you will commute

they will commute

Future continuous

I will be commuting

you will be commuting

he/she/it will be commuting

we will be commuting

you will be commuting

they will be commuting

Future perfect

I will have commuted

you will have commuted

he/she/it will have commuted

we will have commuted

you will have commuted

they will have commuted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been commuting

you will have been commuting

he/she/it will have been commuting

we will have been commuting

you will have been commuting

they will have been commuting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would commute

you would commute

he/she/it would commute

we would commute

you would commute

they would commute

Conditional continuous

I would be commuting

you would be commuting

he/she/it would be commuting

we would be commuting

you would be commuting

they would be commuting

Conditional perfect

I would have commute

you would have commute

he/she/it would have commute

we would have commute

you would have commute

they would have commute

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been commuting

you would have been commuting

he/she/it would have been commuting

we would have been commuting

you would have been commuting

they would have been commuting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you commute
we let´s commute
you commute

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to commute

Past participle

commuted

Present Participle

commuting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «COMMUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «commute» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of commute

alleviate · barter · curtail · cut · exchange · interchange · mitigate · modify · reduce · remit · shorten · substitute · switch · trade · travel

TRANSLATION OF COMMUTE

Find out the translation of commute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of commute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «commute» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 乘车上班
• Translator English - Spanish: desplazarse diariamente al centro de trabajo
• English: commute
• Translator English - Hindi: लघुकरण
• Translator English - Arabic: يُسَافِرُ يَوْمِياً مِنْ و إِلَى مَكَان عَمْلِه
• Translator English - Russian: добираться на работу
• Translator English - Portuguese: locomover-se entre a casa e o trabalho
• Translator English - Bengali: বিনিময় করা
• Translator English - French: faire la navette
• Translator English - Malay: Berulang alik
• Translator English - German: pendeln
• Translator English - Japanese: 通勤する
• Translator English - Korean: 통근하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Lungo
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đi lại đều đặn
• Translator English - Tamil: வழக்கமான பயண
• Translator English - Marathi: ये - जा
• Translator English - Turkish: hafifletmek
• Translator English - Italian: fare il pendolare
• Translator English - Polish: dojechać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: щоденно їздити на роботу на велику відстань
• Translator English - Romanian: a face naveta
• Translator English - Greek: μετακινούμαι με μέσο μαζικής μεταφοράς
• Translator English - Afrikaans: pendel
• Translator English - Swedish: pendla
• Translator English - Norwegian: pendle

10 QUOTES WITH «COMMUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word commute.

1

Lance Armstrong

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

2

George Best

I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn't very entertaining for me.

3

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing 'M*A*S*H'; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.

4

Charles M. Blow

I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.

5

Sarah Chalke

In fact, if they didn't let me commute, I would not have taken the role because I wanted to graduate high school with my classmates. I remember my agent's jaw dropping when I told him if I couldn't commute I didn't want the role.

6

Chip Conley

The intersection of psychology and business is typically seen as being as congested, stressful, and emotionally barren as a peak commute traffic day on the L.A. freeways. But, thankfully, we live in an era in which neuroscientists are teaching us about the malleability of our brain and the emotionally contagious nature of our workplaces.

7

Tom Daschle

President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.

8

Sarah Michelle Gellar

I love Australia. My dream would be to have a place to live there and be able to commute back and forth.

9

David Guterson

I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.

10

Mark Hamill

I never saw myself so much as an actor. I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles M. Schulz and create my own world and be able to have a studio at home and not commute and be able to be with my family.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMUTE»

Discover the use of commute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to commute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Stars of the Night Commute

"Ana Božic(evic''s work is sort of animist--it's either about silence or the racket of the world.

Ana Božičević, 2009

Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service

The rail line now called Caltrain was started in the 1860s to create a faster alternative to stagecoaches and ships between the key cities of San Francisco and San Jose.

Janet McGovern, 2012

The 30-Second Commute: A Non-Fiction Comedy about Writing ...

This book is a comic narrative about the real life of a full'time writer.

Stephanie Dickison, 2009

The 60-Second Commute: A Guide to Your 24/7 Home Office Life

"For Americans who want to create a 'no spin' lifestyle of self-reliance and independence, The 60-Second Commute provides the pathway. If time is money, you'll be taking this book to the bank.

Erica Orloff, Kathy Levinson, 2003

Harry Potter and the Overly Long Commute: Trends in Audio Books

This thesis establishes that audio books are becoming a popular form of encountering texts and therefore deserve to be studied.

Megan E. Friesen, 2008

Live-Work Planning and Design: Zero-Commute Housing

This encyclopedic work is sure to change that, providing the critical information that is needed by architects, planners and citizens.” -Peter Katz, Author, The New Urbanism, and Planning Director, Arlington County, Virginia Live-Work ...

Thomas Dolan, 2012

Will Work from Home: Earn the Cash--without the Commute

Tells you exactly how to turn today's cultural change to your advantage and start living a more flexible schedule without giving up an income

Tory Johnson, Robyn Freedman Spizman, 2008

Traveling Through Rhyme: Poetry Written During My Commute

These poems cover a wide variety of subjects and are written for enjoyment.

Eva McDonough, 2009

Killer Commute

A new mystery for Charlie Green, a Long Beach literary agent, begins when one of her neighbors is murdered and Charlie, instead of relaxing on her holiday, must cope with decidedly strange neighbors, intrusive police, and an unknown killer.

Marlys Millhiser, 2001

The Commute: An Extended Poem in XXVI Parts

The Commuteis one poem in 26 parts that traverses through the environment, suicide, familythe actual and the metaphorical commute we all make through our lives.

Patricia Edith, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term commute is used in the context of the following news items.

GDOT Commute Options Program Reduces Traffic, Air Pollution

Atlanta is booming and so is the traffic congestion on metro area roads. The GDOT program Georgia Commute Options offers alternatives to ... «WABE 90.1 FM, Jul 15»

Universities Where the Most Freshmen Commute

At the University of Colorado—Denver, 69 percent of all first-year students commute or live off campus, according to data reported to U.S. News. «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»

Metro hiccups on several lines in morning commute

Updated at 8:46 a.m.. Riders on Metro's Red Line should expect some delays in the direction of the Shady Grove stop. There was an earlier ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Most GTA drivers won't change their commute for Pan Am

Despite a multi-million dollar push by the province and Pan Am Games organizers, the majority of Toronto drivers have no plans to change their ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»

Tuesday evening Portland-area commute: Crash cleared from I-5 …

Looks like a crash on westbound Barnes Road near Providence St. Vincent. Traffic jammed back to Miller Road. Eastbound traffic also slow in ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»

Do a third of Melbourne workers really commute by public transport?

Half of all Sydney commuters and more than a third of Melbourne workers travel to their job by public transport according to The Age. Sounds ... «Crikey, Jul 15»

Brief: Storms for the commute, or clear skies?

Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 8:03 AM - Rising humidity promises storms for the afternoon commute in parts of the country, while others swelter with their own chance of ... «The Weather Network, Jul 15»

Bike-sharing as a bridge between commute gaps

Commuting by mass transit in Los Angeles can sometimes feel like a schlep, particularly for those who don't live and work within easy walking ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

Hey NYC Subway Rider, Emojis Are Here To Help Your Commute

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but an emoji might make your commute easier. WNYC News feels straphangers' pain. Starting ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»

Water main break shuts down Waialae Ave., will affect morning …

... in both directions between Koko Head and 14th avenues due to a water main break, and repairs will affect Tuesday morning's commute. «KHON2, Jul 15»