To travel from one's home (usually in the suburbs of a city) to one's workplace (usually in the city itself, or in another city) to go to work, or vice versa
If a death sentence or prison sentence is commuted to a less serious punishment, it is changed to that punishment. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment Prison sentences have been commuted. the journey to work every day
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"
To establish, as of a given date, the single-sum value equivalent to a series of amounts due at various dates, with allowance for interest or for interest and mortality combined Also, to pay the commuted value
To travel from ones home (usually in the suburbs of a city) to ones workplace (usually in the city itself, or in another city) to go to work, or vice versa
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
If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work. Mike commutes to London every day McLaren began commuting between Paris and London He's going to commute. + commuter commuters com·mut·er The number of commuters to London has dropped by 100,000. a commuter train
exchange a penalty for a less severe one transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators commute with each other" travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home