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- pronunciation:
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myut
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
commutes, commuting, commuted |
| definition 1: |
to reduce the severity of (a prison sentence).
Because of her good behavior, the governor commuted her sentence.- similar words:
- abridge, curtail, metamorphose, mitigate, reduce, shorten
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| definition 2: |
to exchange or substitute for something else.
- synonyms:
- exchange, substitute
- similar words:
- change, interchange, replace, subrogate, surrogate, transpose
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| definition 3: |
to change into something else.
An alchemist tries to commute baser metals into gold.- synonyms:
- change, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmute
- similar words:
- alter
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| related words: |
convert, shift |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to travel regularly back and forth between two points, usu. the home and workplace.
- similar words:
- shuttle, travel
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| definition 2: |
to make or serve as a substitute.
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| related words: |
alter |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a trip made by commuting.
- similar words:
- trip
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| definition 2: |
an act or instance of commuting.
- similar words:
- trip
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| derivation: |
commutable (adj.) |
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