commute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: commute	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for commute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commute n a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute" v exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other" Synonym(s): commute, transpose travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" Synonym(s): permute, commute, transpose exchange a penalty for a less severe one Synonym(s): commute, convert, exchange 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" Synonym(s): change, exchange, commute, convert
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commute \Commute"\, v. i. 1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation. He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute* for a year's travel over a route.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commute \Commute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commuting}.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See {Mutation}.] 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. The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first [bd]watery[b8], and the last [bd]fiery[b8], than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. --J. Harris The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. --Macaulay.