different between commute vs commutive

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??mju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin comm?t?.

Verb

commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)

1. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
   1. (transitive, finance, law) To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.

   2. (transitive, law, criminology) To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.

   3. (transitive, insurance, pensions) To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
   4. (intransitive, obsolete) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution;
      • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience

        He […] thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.

Derived terms

• commutative
• commutation

Translations

Etymology 2

From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, eg, a month, for a single, commuted payment.

Noun

commute (plural commutes)

2. A regular journey to or from a place of employment, such as work or school.
3. The route, time or distance of that journey.

Translations

Verb

commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)

1. (intransitive) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.

2. (intransitive) To journey, to make a journey
   • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]:

     By one estimate, vultures either residing in or commuting into the Serengeti ecosystem during the annual migration—when 1.3 million white-bearded wildebeests shuffle between Kenya and Tanzania—historically consumed more meat than all mammalian carnivores in the Serengeti combined.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “commute”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: commutent, commutes

Verb

commute

1. first-person singular present indicative of commuter
2. third-person singular present indicative of commuter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of commuter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of commuter
5. second-person singular imperative of commuter

English

Etymology

commute +? -ive

Adjective

commutive (comparative more commutive, superlative most commutive)

1. (linguistics) That serves to commute

Related terms

• commutivity