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- pronunciation:
- k
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 |
adverb + (v.)commute
bad, daily, easy, faster, long
(v.)commute
+ adverb
downtown, forth, home, practically, regularly
(v.)commute
+ noun
automobile,
bay,
bicycle,
bike,
bus,
campus,
car,
city,
clot,
congestion,
cost,
death,
distance,
employment,
errand,
expense,
ferry,
freeway,
gridlock,
headquarters,
highway,
home,
hour,
imprisonment,
job,
lane,
loop,
metro,
mile,
minute,
motorcycle,
peninsula,
plain,
prison,
rail,
rehearsal,
sentence,
shopping,
suburb,
subway,
traffic,
train,
transit,
tuition,
weekend
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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.) |
The word commute
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
mut
Latin
root
that means change, interchange
Example words:
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