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commutes
We have found lemma(root) word of commutes : commute.
Definitions
[kəˈmjuːt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis
(e.g: he commuted from Corby to Kentish Town)
- reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one
(e.g: the governor commuted the sentence to fifteen years' imprisonment)
- (of two operations or quantities) have a commutative relation
(e.g: operators which do not commute with each other)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘interchange (two things’)): from Latin commutare, from com- ‘altogether’ + mutare ‘to change’. commute originally meant to buy and use a commutation ticket, a US term for a season ticket (because the daily fare is commuted to a single payment)
[kəˈmjuːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a regular journey of some distance to and from one's place of work
(e.g: the daily commute)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘interchange (two things’)): from Latin commutare, from com- ‘altogether’ + mutare ‘to change’. commute originally meant to buy and use a commutation ticket, a US term for a season ticket (because the daily fare is commuted to a single payment)
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