Meaning & use
commute
To travel regularly between one's home and workplace, especially over some distance.
See it in a sentence
She commutes an hour each way by train to her office in the city.
Many employees now commute only a few days a week since remote work became common.
A note on using this word
As a legal term, "commute" means to reduce a criminal sentence to a less severe one, a distinct sense from the travel meaning.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A regular journey made between home and work.
His commute took twice as long after the new construction began.
3. verb
To reduce a legal sentence to one that is less severe.
The governor commuted the prisoner's sentence to time already served.
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