Commute (Verb)
Meaning 1
Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Commute a death sentence to a term of imprisonment.
- The judge decided to commute her sentence to community service.
- The State Board's refusal to commute his sentence meant he would spend the rest of his life behind bars.
- After serving 20 years the board decided to commute his sentence to time already served.
- They ordered the court to commute his remaining sentence to unsupervised probation to allow him to enter a residential rehabilitation program.
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Meaning 2
Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 3
Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other".
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Meaning 5
Change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..