commute

commute is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
2. intransitive verb. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
3. intransitive verb. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
4. noun. a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work

   "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"

5. verb. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

   "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"

   "He changed his name"

   Synonyms: change, convert, exchange

6. verb. exchange a penalty for a less severe one

   Synonyms: convert, exchange

7. verb. change the order or arrangement of

   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

   Synonyms: permute, transpose

8. verb. exchange positions without a change in value

   "These operators commute with each other"

   Synonyms: transpose

9. verb. travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

Synonyms

change, convert, exchange, permute, transpose

Common word forms

commuted, commuter, commutes, commuting

Words from these letters

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