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commuteto travel regularly between one's home and work

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to travel regularly between one's home and work

Pronunciation (IPA): /kəˈmjuːt/

Korean meaning: 집과 직장 사이를 정기적으로 오가다, 통근하다

Korean pronunciation: 커**뮤**트

Example Sentences

  • My boss commutes from Busan to Seoul by KTX - talk about dedication!
  • She decided to move closer to work to avoid the exhausting commute.
  • Working from home eliminated his two-hour commute and gave him more time for Netflix.

commute

VERB

//kəˈmjuːt//

to travel regularly between one's home and work

commute concept
💡 Concept

A businesswoman commutes to work on the morning train

commute rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Trying to compute during my commute, while colleagues dispute!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kəˈmjuːt/
🇬🇧 UK/kəˈmjuːt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcom--
Rootmut

Origin

라틴어 'commutare'에서 유래되었으며, '완전히 바꾸다, 교환하다'라는 의미를 가졌습니다. 원래는 '교환'의 의미였지만, 시간이 지나면서 집과 직장을 오가는 '통근'의 의미로 발전했습니다.

🎵Rhyme

computedisputerefuteabsolute
compute
dispute
refute
absolute

🔗Collocations

daily commute
commute by train
long commute
commute time
reverse commute
commute a sentence

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My boss commutes from Busan to Seoul by KTX - talk about dedication!

She decided to move closer to work to avoid the exhausting commute.

😄 Fun example

Working from home eliminated his two-hour commute and gave him more time for Netflix.

The president commuted the sentences of several non-violent offenders.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

traveljourneyshuttlego back and forth

Antonyms

stayremainsettle

Related

commutertransportationtransitrush hourtraffic

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