commute
US /kəˈmjuːt/
noun, verb Target · B2 Văn phòng Giao thông & đi lại
Definition
a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
My daily commute takes about 45 minutes by subway during morning rush hours.
Word Family
Synonyms
- daily transithaving a meaning similar to commute
Collocations
- Easy enjoy a short daily bicycle commute to schoolto enjoy a short daily bicycle commute to school, meaning to derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- Medium commute to metropolitan downtown by electric commuter trainto commute to metropolitan downtown by electric commuter train, meaning to exchange positions without a change in value
- Hard constitutional executive power to commute draconian criminal sentencesdescribing constitutional executive power to commute draconian criminal sentences (a regular walk taken as a form of exercise)
- Very Hard endure a soul-crushing two-hour daily reverse commuteto endure a soul-crushing two-hour daily reverse commute, meaning to put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- Medium daily commutedescribing daily commute (a newspaper that is published every day)
- Medium frequent commuterto frequent commuter, meaning to do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
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