Etymology : Latin commutare to change, exchange, from com- + mutare to change; more at MUTABLE
Pronunciation : k&-'myüt
Function : verb
Date : 15th century
1. change or reduce (a jail sentence or other punishment); exchange, replace, convert; travel back and forth regularly (i.e. to work). commute\com*mute"\ (k&obreve;m*mūt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. commuting.] [l. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. see:
mutation.] to exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares. the sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first "watery", and the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. harris the utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading.commute \com*mute"\, v. i.
2. to obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation. he thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. taylor.
3. to pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.commute v.
4. transpose and remain equal in value; of variables or operators, in mathematics; "these operators commute with each other" [syn: transpose].
5. travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home [syn: travel back and forth].
6. change the order or arrangement of; "dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, transpose].
7. exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: convert, exchange].
8. 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" [syn: change, exchange, convert].
9. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
10. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
11. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route. exchange a penalty for a less severe one transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators commute with each other" travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home.
12. 1. If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work. Mike commutes to London every day McLaren began commuting between Paris and London He's going to commute. + commuter commuters com·mut·er The number of commuters to London has dropped by 100,000. a commuter train.
13. A commute is the journey that you make when you commute. The average Los Angeles commute is over 60 miles a day.
14. If a death sentence or prison sentence is commuted to a less serious punishment, it is changed to that punishment. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment Prison sentences have been commuted. the journey to work every day.
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