commuting

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commuting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Commute \Com*mute"\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.] [L. commutare,
     -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.]
     1. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place
        of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a
        greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to
        lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to
        one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to
        commute charges for fares.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to
              those two elements, it was certainly more natural to
              call beings participating of the first "watery", and
              the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and
              call them by the reverse.             --J. Harris
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The utmost that could be obtained was that her
              sentence should be commuted from burning to
              beheading.                            --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]

  commuting \commuting\ n.
     the process of travel by a commuter.
  
     Syn: commutation.
          [WordNet 1.5]

commuting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  commuting
      n 1: the travel of a commuter [syn: commutation, commuting]