commuting

uncountable

A noun referring to the regular travel between one's home and place of work or study.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее регулярные поездки между домом и местом работы или учёбы.

1. Travel to and from work B1 formal

   The regular journey of traveling between one's home and place of work or study.

   • Commuting by train takes about an hour each way.
   • She finds commuting stressful due to heavy traffic.
   • Many people prefer remote work to avoid daily commuting.

   🇷🇺Поездка на работу и обратно

   Synonyms: commute

• commutings plural form
• commutings' possessive plural form
• commuting's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe the act of traveling regularly between one's home and place of work or study, or to reduce a judicial sentence.

• 🇷🇺Глагол, используемый для описания регулярных поездок между домом и местом работы или учёбы, а также для смягчения судебного приговора.

1. Travel regularly B1 formal

   To travel back and forth regularly, especially between one's home and place of work.

   • She commutes to the city center every day by train.
   • He commutes from the suburbs to his office downtown.
   • Many people commute long distances for work.

   🇷🇺Ездить на работу

   Synonyms: driverideshuttletravel

2. Reduce a penalty B2 formal

   To exchange a punishment or penalty for a less severe one.

   • The governor commuted the prisoner's sentence to life imprisonment.
   • The judge commuted the fine to community service.
   • His death sentence was commuted to a prison term.

   🇷🇺Смягчить наказание

   Synonyms: lessenmitigatereduceremitshorten

3. Exchange or substitute C1 formal

   To exchange or replace one thing with another, usually of the same kind or category.

   • The company commuted the old equipment for new models.
   • They commuted their shares for cash.
   • The contract allows you to commute the payment into installments.

   🇷🇺Обменять или заменить

   Synonyms: barterchangeexchangereplacesubstituteswaptrade

   Antonyms: keepretain

4. Change order or arrangement C1 formal

   To change the order or arrangement of something.

   • The mathematician commuted the terms in the equation.
   • You can commute the elements of the set without affecting the result.
   • The algorithm commutes the values in the array.

   🇷🇺Переставлять

   Synonyms: interchangepermuterearrangereorderswaptranspose

5. Exchange positions without value change C2 formal

   To exchange positions or roles without altering the overall value or outcome.

   • In this operation, the two variables commute without changing the result.
   • The properties of the system commute under certain conditions.
   • These matrices do not commute, meaning the order matters.

   🇷🇺Коммутировать

• commuted past participle
• commuted past simple
• commuting present participle
• commutes third person singular