commute

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Since my commute is about an hour and fifteen minutes (sometimes an hour, sometimes and hour and a half commute, all depending on traffic), I have to wake up at 6: 30am and leave by

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  1. intransitive verb To travel as a commuter.
  2. intransitive verb To make substitution or exchange.
  3. intransitive verb To serve as a substitute.
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  • "Research has shown that the commute is an existing trip that working consumers utilize for shopping and running errands, with as many as 71\% stating that they shop on their way to / from work or during a lunch break," says Stephanie Molnar, CEO of WorkPlace Media. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • So many people bemoan the downsides of their current jobs - the hours are long, the commute is a nightmare, they want to spend more time with their families. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • So long as your commute is short the return on investment can be infinite. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • He and his wife, also in the medical field, worked in Billings, and the commute was taking a financial toll. —  billingsgazette.com
  • I was told that she hated that job: the commute, the structured hours, the work. —  Taylor Marsh
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English commuten, to transform, from Latin commūtāre : com-, com- + mūtāre, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish conmutar = Portuguese commutar = Italian commutare, from Latin commutare, change, exchange, from com- (intensive) + mutare, change: see mutable, mutation, etc.
 

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