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- I asked him, "Did you ever try to get anyone to commute to the island?"
p. 17.5commute = regular travel -- such as between home and work
- During the winter it would be impossible for someone to commute.
p. 17.6
- To have teachers commute to the island or to have a large boat to transport the children to the mainland.
p. 17.7 *commute = make a regular journey of some distance -- typically between home and work
- It was not until December that I became a daily commuter.
p. 98.9commuter = math: the order in which two numbers are added or multiplied does not change their sum or product (2+3=3+2) and (4×7=7×4)
- Two weeks later, I became a commuter.
p. 178.1
- Because I was commuting and because I wished to prove conclusively that it was possible to commute, I never took a day off or failed to make the crossing on account of the prevailing weather conditions.
p. 179.8commute = regular travel -- such as between home and work
- I had no compass and hoped that the routine of the daily commute would be enough to deliver me to the island.
p. 183.2
- I planned to fight Piedmont tooth and claw for the right to commute.
p. 199.8
- Nor will we pay for the upkeep on the boat if you continue to commute.
p. 201.3
- It was decided that I could indeed commute, that it was an excellent way to serve the needs of the island, and that a fresh-milk program should be initiated immediately.
p. 202.5
- They read the message of the tides as easily as commuters read newspapers.†
p. 88.9
- Because I was commuting and because I wished to prove conclusively that it was possible to commute, I never took a day off or failed to make the crossing on account of the prevailing weather conditions.†
p. 179.7
- Nor did I feel like waging war about my commuting.†
p. 199.7
- You commuted against my orders.†
p. 260.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(commute as in: commute from New Jersey) regular travel -- such as between home and work
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(2)
(commute as in: commute the sentence) to exchange a penalty for one that is less severe
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Other rare meanings include
- Changing one thing for another as in: "It was once believed that the philosopher's stone would commute lead to gold."
- In math, the commutative property indicates that the order in which two numbers are added or multiplied does not change their sum or product (2+3=3+2) and (4×7=7×4).