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}); } </script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> var pageDictCode = "english"; var authorized = false; </script> <div id="entryContent" class="oald"><div class="entry" htag="section" sum="1000" sk="commute: :0" hclass="entry" id="commute_1" hlength="7" idm_id="000012018"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="commute_topg_2"><div class="webtop"><h1 class="headword" hclass="headword" id="commute_h_1" htag="h1">commute</h1> <span class="pos" htag="span" hclass="pos">verb</span><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" hclass="phons_br" wd="commute" htag="div" geo="br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/c/com/commu/commute__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commute__gb_1.ogg" title="commute pronunciation
 English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːt/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" geo="n_am" wd="commute" htag="div" hclass="phons_n_am"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/c/com/commu/commute__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commute__us_1.ogg" title="commute pronunciation
 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːt/</span></div></span> <div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" unbox="verbforms" id="commute2_unbox_1"><span class="box_title">Verb Forms</span><span class="body"><table class="verb_forms_table"><tr class="verb_form" form="root"><td class="verb_form"> <span class="vf_prefix">present simple I / you / we / they</span> commute</td><td class="verb_phons"><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" geo="br" htag="div" wd="commute" hclass="phons_br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/c/com/commu/commute__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commute__gb_1.ogg" title="commute pronunciation
 English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːt/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" hclass="phons_n_am" geo="n_am" htag="div" wd="commute"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/c/com/commu/commute__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commute__us_1.ogg" title="commute pronunciation
 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːt/</span></div></span></td></tr><tr class="verb_form" form="thirdps"><td class="verb_form"> <span class="vf_prefix">he / she / it</span> commutes</td><td class="verb_phons"><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" hclass="phons_br" wd="commutes" htag="div" geo="br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/c/com/commu/commutes__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commutes__gb_1.ogg" title="commutes pronunciation
 English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːts/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" htag="div" wd="commutes" geo="n_am" hclass="phons_n_am"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/c/com/commu/commutes__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commutes__us_1.ogg" title="commutes pronunciation
 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːts/</span></div></span></td></tr><tr class="verb_form" form="past"><td class="verb_form"> <span class="vf_prefix">past simple</span> commuted</td><td class="verb_phons"><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" geo="br" wd="commuted" htag="div" hclass="phons_br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/c/com/commu/commuted__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commuted__gb_1.ogg" title="commuted pronunciation
 English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːtɪd/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" geo="n_am" wd="commuted" htag="div" hclass="phons_n_am"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/c/com/commu/commuted__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commuted__us_1.ogg" title="commuted pronunciation
 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːtɪd/</span></div></span></td></tr><tr class="verb_form" form="pastpart"><td class="verb_form"> <span class="vf_prefix">past participle</span> commuted</td><td class="verb_phons"><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" geo="br" wd="commuted" htag="div" hclass="phons_br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/c/com/commu/commuted__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commuted__gb_1.ogg" title="commuted pronunciation
 English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːtɪd/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" wd="commuted" htag="div" geo="n_am" hclass="phons_n_am"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/c/com/commu/commuted__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commuted__us_1.ogg" title="commuted pronunciation
 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːtɪd/</span></div></span></td></tr><tr class="verb_form" form="prespart"><td class="verb_form"> <span class="vf_prefix">-ing form</span> commuting</td><td class="verb_phons"><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" hclass="phons_br" geo="br" wd="commuting" htag="div"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/c/com/commu/commuting__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commuting__gb_1.ogg" title="commuting pronunciation
 English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːtɪŋ/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" hclass="phons_n_am" wd="commuting" htag="div" geo="n_am"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/c/com/commu/commuting__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron_ogg/c/com/commu/commuting__us_1.ogg" title="commuting pronunciation
 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/kəˈmjuːtɪŋ/</span></div></span></td></tr></table></span></span></div></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries"> jump to other results </a></div></div><ol class="senses_multiple" htag="ol"><li class="sense" id="commute_sng_1" cefr="b1" hclass="sense" sensenum="1" htag="li"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="grammar" htag="span" hclass="grammar">[intransitive, transitive]</span></span> <span class="def" htag="span" hclass="def">to travel regularly by bus, train, car, etc. between your place of work and your home</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"> <span class="cf" hclass="cf" htag="span">commute (from A) (to B)</span> <span class="x">She commutes from Oxford to London every day.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">She commutes from Sunset Park to Manhattan each morning.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"> <span class="cf" htag="span" hclass="cf">commute between A and B</span> <span class="x">He spent that year commuting between New York and Chicago.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">I live <span class="cl">within commuting distance of</span> Dublin.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"> <span class="cf" htag="span" hclass="cf">commute something</span> <span class="x">People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.</span></li></ul><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" id="commute2_unbox_2" unbox="wordfinder"><span class="box_title">Wordfinder</span><span class="body"><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/accelerate#accelerate_sng_2" title="accelerate definition"><span class="xref">accelerate</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/brake_2#brake_sng_3" title="brake definition"><span class="xref">brake</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/car#car_sng_1" title="car definition"><span class="xref">car</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commute_1" title="commute definition"><span class="xref">commute</span></a></li><li class="li"><span class="xref" href="driving_unbox_1" tofix="">driving</span></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/licence#licence_sng_1" title="licence definition"><span class="xref">licence</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/motorist" title="motorist definition"><span class="xref">motorist</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/road#road_sng_1" title="road definition"><span class="xref">road</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/road-tax" title="road tax definition"><span class="xref">road tax</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/traffic_1#traffic_sng_1" title="traffic definition"><span class="xref">traffic</span></a></li></ul></span></span></div><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" id="commute2_unbox_3" unbox="wordfinder"><span class="box_title">Wordfinder</span><span class="body"><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commute_1#commute_sng_1" title="commute definition"><span class="xref">commute</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/departure#departure_sng_1" title="departure definition"><span class="xref">departure</span></a></li><li class="li"><span class="xref" tofix="" href="destination_subentryg_1:destination_topg_2">destination</span></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/excursion#excursion_sng_1" title="excursion definition"><span class="xref">excursion</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/expedition#expedition_sng_1" title="expedition definition"><span class="xref">expedition</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/itinerary" title="itinerary definition"><span class="xref">itinerary</span></a></li><li class="li"><span class="xref" href="journey_subentryg_1:journey_topg_2" tofix="">journey</span></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/pilgrimage" title="pilgrimage definition"><span class="xref">pilgrimage</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/safari" title="safari definition"><span class="xref">safari</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/travel_2#travel_sng_8" title="travel definition"><span class="xref">travel</span></a></li></ul></span></span></div><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" unbox="cult" id="commute2_unbox_4"><span class="box_title">Culture <span class="closed">commuting</span></span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">commuting</span><span class="p"><span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commute_1" title="Commuting definition"><span class="ndv">Commuting</span></a></span> is the practice of travelling to a town or city to work each day, and then travelling home again in the evening. The word <span class="ei">commuting</span> comes from <span class="eb">commutation ticket</span>, a US ticket for repeated journeys, called a <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/season-ticket" title="season ticket definition"><span class="ndv">season ticket</span></a></span> in Britain. Regular travellers are called <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commuter" title="commuters definition"><span class="ndv">commuters</span></a></span>.</span><span class="p">The US has many commuters. A few, mostly on the East Coast, commute by train or <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/subway#subway_sng_1" title="subway definition"><span class="ndv">subway</span></a>, but most depend on the car. Some leave home very early to avoid the traffic jams, and sleep in their cars until their office opens. Many people accept a long trip to work so that they can live in quiet <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/bedroom-community" title="bedroom communities definition"><span class="ndv">bedroom communities</span></a></span> away from the city.</span><span class="p">Millions of people in Britain commute by car or train. Some spend two or three hours a day travelling, so that they and their families can live in <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/suburbia" title="suburbia definition"><span class="ndv">suburbia</span></a></span> or in the countryside. Cities are surrounded by <span class="eb">commuter belts</span>. Part of the commuter belt around London is called the <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/stockbroker-belt" title="stockbroker belt definition"><span class="ndv">stockbroker belt</span></a></span> because it contains houses where rich business people live. Some places are known as <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/dormitory-town" title="dormitory towns definition"><span class="ndv">dormitory towns</span></a></span> (<span class="ei">NAmE</span> <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/bedroom-community" title="bedroom community definition"><span class="ndv">bedroom community</span></a></span>), because people sleep there but take little part in local activities.</span><span class="p">Most commuters travel to and from work at the same time, causing the morning and evening <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/rush-hour" title="rush hours definition"><span class="ndv">rush hours</span></a></span>, when buses and trains are crowded and there are <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/traffic-jam" title="traffic jams definition"><span class="ndv">traffic jams</span></a></span> on the roads. Commuters on trains usually spend their journey reading, sleeping or using their computers or mobile phones. Increasing numbers of people now work at home some days of the week, linked to their offices by computer, a practice called <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/telecommuting" title="telecommuting definition"><span class="ndv">telecommuting</span></a></span> or <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/teleworking" title="teleworking definition"><span class="ndv">teleworking</span></a></span>.</span><span class="p">Cities in both Britain and the US are trying to reduce the number of cars coming into town each day. Some companies encourage <span class="eb">car <span class="ndv" href="pool_subentryg_2:pool_topg_3" tofix="">pooling</span></span> (called <span class="eb">car sharing</span> in Britain), an arrangement for people who live and work near each other to travel together. Some US cities have a public service that helps such people to contact each other, and parts of the road are reserved for car-pool vehicles. But cars and fuel are cheap in the US, and many people prefer to drive alone because it gives them more freedom. Many cities have <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/park-and-ride" title="park-and-ride definition"><span class="ndv">park-and-ride</span></a></span> schemes, car parks on the edge of the city from which buses take drivers into the centre. In Britain in 2002 a system of <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/congestion-charging" title="congestion charging definition"><span class="ndv">congestion charging</span></a> was introduced in <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/durham#durham_ng_2" title="Durham definition"><span class="ndv">Durham</span></a> to make people who drive into the city centre pay a <span class="eb"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/congestion-charge" title="congestion charge definition"><span class="ndv">congestion charge</span></a></span> <span class="gloss" hclass="gloss" htag="span">(= pay money to drive into the city centre)</span>. A similar system was introduced in London in 2003. </span></span></span></div><span class="topic-g"><span class="prefix">Topics </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/topic/transport-by-bus-and-train?level=b1" title="Topic transport-by-bus-and-train"><span class="topic" href="l2:travel:transport_by_bus_and_train?cefr=b1"><span class="topic_name">Transport by bus and train</span><span class="topic_cefr">b1</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/topic/transport-by-car-or-lorry?level=b1" title="Topic transport-by-car-or-lorry"><span class="topic" href="l2:travel:transport_by_car_or_lorry?cefr=b1"><span class="topic_name">Transport by car or lorry</span><span class="topic_cefr">b1</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" id="commute2_unbox_5" unbox="snippet"><span class="box_title">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">adverb</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">daily</li><li class="li">every day</li><li class="li">regularly</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">preposition</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">between</li><li class="li">from</li><li class="li">to</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="xref_to_full_entry">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/collocations/commute_1" title=" definition in Collocations ">full entry</a></span></span></span></div> <div id="ring-links-box"> <a target="_blank" href="https://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/grammar_vocabulary/practical_english_usage_4th_edition/9780194202510?utm_source=old-site&utm_medium=content-link&utm_campaign=old-content-links"> <p><strong>Questions about grammar and vocabulary?</strong></p> <p>Find the answers with <strong><i>Practical English Usage</i></strong> online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.</p> </a> </div> </li><li class="sense" htag="li" sensenum="2" hclass="sense" id="commute_sng_2"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="grammar" hclass="grammar" htag="span">[transitive]</span></span> <span class="cf" htag="span" hclass="cf">commute something (to something)</span> <span class="labels" htag="span" hclass="labels">(<span class="subj" subj="law">law</span>)</span> <span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">to replace one punishment with another that is less severe</span><ul class="examples" hclass="examples" htag="ul"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.</span></li></ul> <div id='ad_contentslot_1' class='am-entry'> <script type='text/javascript'>iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_contentslot_1'); });</script> </div> </li><li class="sense" hclass="sense" id="commute_sng_3" htag="li" sensenum="3"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="grammar" htag="span" hclass="grammar">[transitive]</span></span> <span class="cf" hclass="cf" htag="span">commute something (for/into/to something)</span> <span class="labels" htag="span" hclass="labels">(<span class="subj" subj="finan">finance</span>)</span> <span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">to exchange one form of payment, for something else</span><ul class="examples" hclass="examples" htag="ul"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The capital invested will be commuted to a loan.</span></li></ul> </li><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" unbox="wordorigin" id="commute_unbox_1"><span class="box_title">Word Origin</span><span class="body"><span class="p">late Middle English (in the sense ‘interchange (two things)’): from Latin <span class="ei">commutare</span>, from <span class="ei">com-</span> ‘altogether’ + <span class="ei">mutare</span> ‘to change’. Sense (1) originally meant to buy and use a <span class="ei">commutation ticket</span>, the US term for a season ticket (because the daily fare is commuted to a single payment).</span></span></span></div></ol><span class="dictlink-g"><span class="dictlink">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/commute_1" title=" definition in American English "><span class="xh">commute</span></a> in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary</span></span><div class="pron-link">Check pronunciation: <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/pronunciation/english/commute_1">commute</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div id='ad_btmslot' class='am-default'> <script type='text/javascript'>iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_btmslot'); });</script> </div> </div> </div> <div id="rightcolumn" class="responsive_entry_center_right"> <div id="relatedentries" class="responsive_row"> <h4 class="no-rule">Other results</h4> <dl class="accordion ui-grad"> <dt>All matches</dt> <dd> <ul class="list-col"> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commute_2" title="commute noun definition"><span class='arl1'>commute <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> </ul> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="responsive_row nearby"> <h4>Nearby words</h4> <ul class="list-col"> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commutative" title="Definition of commutative adjective in English"><DATA class="hwd">commutative <pos>adjective</pos></DATA></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commutator" title="Definition of commutator noun in English"><DATA class="hwd">commutator <pos>noun</pos></DATA></a> </li> <li> <span> <a class='selected' href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commute_1" title="Definition of commute verb in English"><DATA class="hwd">commute <pos>verb</pos></DATA></a> </span> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commute_2" title="Definition of commute noun in English"><DATA class="hwd">commute <pos>noun</pos></DATA></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commuter" title="Definition of commuter noun in English"><DATA class="hwd">commuter <pos>noun</pos></DATA></a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="responsive_row"> <div class="wotd-box topic "> <div class="dayhead"> <div id="date"></div> <a class="rss-icon" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/wotd/english/wotdrss.xml" target="_blank"></a> </div> <a class="headword" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/commute_1"><div>commute</div></a> <div class="pos">verb</div> <div class="prons"> <div id="uk_pron" valign="top" title=" pronunciation English" data-src-mp3=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/c/com/commu/commute__gb_1.mp3 class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio"> </div> <div id="us_pron" valign="top" title="pronunciation American" data-src-mp3=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/c/com/commu/commute__us_1.mp3 class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio"> </div> </div> <div class="from">From the <span class="type">Topic</span></div> <a class="origin" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/topic/transport-by-bus-and-train"><div >Transport by bus and train</div></a> <div class="cefr">B1</div> <div class="bottom-text">Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day</div> <script> var months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"]; 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