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    Commute

    Definitions

    1 | verb | exchange positions without a change in value 2 | verb | travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home 3 | verb | change the order or arrangement of 4 | verb | exchange a penalty for a less severe one 5 | verb | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category 6 | noun | a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work (6 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    kuhmy'oot (IPA: kəmjˈut)

    Hyphenation

    com-mute (7 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1450 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (576 years ago)

    Word origin

    Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    commuted | commuting | commutes

    Synonyms

    transpose | permute | convert | exchange | change (total: 5)

    Narrower terms

    live out | sleep out | map | represent | break | capitalise | capitalize | launder | rectify | utilize (total: 10)

    Broader terms

    change | jaunt | travel | trip | change by reversal | reverse | turn | alter | modify | replace | journey | journeying (total: 12)

    Rhymes

    acute | astute | boot | brut | brute | butte | cahoot | chute | compute | coot | cute | dilute | dispute | disrepute | flute | ... (total: 37) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    commune | commuter

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 經常來往 (verb) Hindi: | विनिमय करना (verb) Arabic: | يَستَبدِل (verb) Spanish: | viajar a diario (shuttle) | ir y venir regularmente (shuttle) French: | faire la navette (shuttle) | aller et venir (shuttle)

    Other notable uses

    commute.com | commute.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Drive back and forth | Morning or afternoon travel (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    13 (International English) | 13 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) 266-6883