commute

/kəˈmjut/ v [I] (TRAVEL)

Definition

› to travel regularly a distance between work and home: She commutes to the city by car every day. commute

/kəˈmjut/ n [C] › The commute is not too bad – just over an hour. commuter

/kəˈmjut̬·ər/ n [C] › The 5:30 train is always packed with commuters.

(Definition of commute v (TRAVEL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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