"commute" in the noun sense

1. commute

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

"there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"

"commute" in the verb sense

1. commute, transpose

exchange positions without a change in value

"These operators commute with each other"

2. commute

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

3. permute, commute, transpose

change the order or arrangement of

"Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

4. commute, convert, exchange

exchange a penalty for a less severe one

5. change, exchange, commute, convert

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"

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