Commute Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of COMMUTE

1

[no object]

:

to travel regularly to and from a place and especially between where you live and where you work

• He commutes to work every day by train.
• She commutes 400 miles a week.

— compare telecommute

2

[+ object]

law

:

to change (a punishment) to a less severe one

• The judge commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.

— commuter

/kəˈmjuːtɚ/

noun,

plural

commuters

[count]

• busy commuters on their way to work
• a commuter train

Britannica Dictionary definition of COMMUTE

[count]

:

the journey that you make when you travel to or from a place that you go to regularly (such as the place where you work)

— usually singular

• She has a long commute to work/school.
• There is always a lot of traffic on my morning commute.