commute

Definitions

1. 1transitive 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. 2intransitive verb

   To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

3. 3intransitive 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. 4noun

   a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work

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

5. 5verb

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

   "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"

   "He changed his name"

   Synonyms

   changeconvertexchange
6. 6verb

   exchange a penalty for a less severe one

   Synonyms

   convertexchange
7. 7verb

   change the order or arrangement of

   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

   Synonyms

   permutetranspose
8. 8verb

   exchange positions without a change in value

   "These operators commute with each other"

   Synonyms

   transpose
9. 9verb

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