commute
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
there is standing room only on the high-speed commute
Types & categories
- journey hypernym
Sense 2 verb
exchange positions without a change in value
These operators commute with each other
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- substitution derivation
- mathematics domain topic
Sense 3 verb
travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- commutation derivation
- commuter derivation
- commuter derivation
Sense 4 verb
change the order or arrangement of
Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- substitution derivation
- permutation derivation
- transposition derivation
- permutation derivation
Sense 5 verb
exchange a penalty for a less severe one
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- re-sentencing derivation
- interchange derivation
- commutation derivation
Sense 6 verb
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interchange derivation
- conversion derivation
- commutation derivation
- exchanger derivation
- convertible derivation
- switch verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | journey |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | commutation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | commuter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | commuter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | jaunt |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleep out |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | permutation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | transposition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | permutation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | map |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | re-sentencing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | commutation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | conversion |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | commutation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | exchanger |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | convertible |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | switch |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | replace |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rectify |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | utilize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | capitalize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | launder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |