"commutes" 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"
"commutes" 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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