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- [kuh-myoot]
- /kəˈmyut/
- /kəˈmjuːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh-myoot]
- /kəˈmyut/
Definitions of commuted word
- verb with object commuted to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one: The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. 1
- verb with object commuted to exchange for another or for something else; give and take reciprocally; interchange. 1
- verb with object commuted to change: to commute base metal into gold. 1
- verb with object commuted to change (one kind of payment) into or for another, as by substitution. 1
- verb without object commuted to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back: He commutes to work by train. 1
- verb without object commuted to make substitution. 1
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Origin of commuted
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; 1885-90 for def 5; late Middle English < Latin commūtāre to change, replace, exchange, equivalent to com- com- + mūtāre to change
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Parts of speech for Commuted
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commuted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
commuted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for commuted
noun commuted
verb commuted
- traveled — used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock.
- converted — (of a building) having been changed from a different use
- altered — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- changed — Simple past tense and past participle of change.
Antonyms for commuted
verb commuted
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- kept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
- aggravated — Aggravated is used to describe a serious crime which involves violence.
- grew — simple past tense of grow.
- irritated — angered, provoked, or annoyed.
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