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English to English noun
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a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work |
• there is standing room only on the high-speed commute
source: wordnet30 verb
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exchange positions without a change in value |
• These operators commute with each other
source: wordnet30
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travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home | source: wordnet30
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change the order or arrangement of |
• Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
source: wordnet30
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exchange a penalty for a less severe one | source: wordnet30
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exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category |
• Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
• He changed his name
• convert centimeters into inches
• convert holdings into shares
source: wordnet30
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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. | source: webster1913
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To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation. | source: webster1913
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