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COMMUTE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work

Example:

there is standing room only on the high-speed commute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("commute" is a kind of...):

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

Example:

convert holdings into shares

Synonyms:

change; commute; convert; exchange

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "commute" is one way to...):

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

Verb group:

change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commute"):

rectify (convert into direct current)

utilize (convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust))

capitalise; capitalize (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)

launder (convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones)

break (exchange for smaller units of money)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

commutation (a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Synonyms:

commute; convert; exchange

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "commute" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

commutation ((law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law)

commutation (a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Change the order or arrangement of

Example:

Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word

Synonyms:

commute; permute; transpose

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "commute" is one way to...):

change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commute"):

map; represent (to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

commutation (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Exchange positions without a change in value

Example:

These operators commute with each other

Synonyms:

commute; transpose

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "commute" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

commutation (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "commute" is one way to...):

jaunt; travel; trip (make a trip for pleasure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commute"):

live out; sleep out (work in a house where one does not live)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

commutation (the travel of a commuter)

commuter (a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another)

commuter (someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city)

commuting (the travel of a commuter)

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