What does commute mean?
Word: Commute
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Commute means to make the same trip regularly between your home and your place of work or study.
Synonyms: shuttle
How do you spell commute?
Syllables: com - mute
Tricky part: The m is doubled. Children often drop one and write comute.
Watch out for: comute, commut, kommute
Memory tip: Two m's, like the two rails under your daily train: commute has them side by side.
Commute in a sentence
Example 1: My father commutes from Thane to Churchgate by local train.
Example 2: Many students commute to school by cycle.
Example 3: She uses her commute to read a chapter of her book.
Fun Fact
Commute first meant to change or exchange. Its sense of a daily trip grew from American railway commutation tickets of the 1800s, which swapped many single fares for one cheaper payment.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: commute
a) halt
b) travel
c) remain
d) settle
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b) travel. To commute is to travel the same route again and again.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
c_mmut_
a) u, e
b) a, e
c) o, a
d) o, e
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d) o, e. The first vowel is o, as in come, and a silent e ends the word.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) commutte
b) destination
c) schedule
d) passenger
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a) commutte. Commute has one t before its final e.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tucemom
a) compute
b) commune
c) commute
d) commuter
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c) commute. Compute has a p, commune an n, and commuter an extra r; the seven letters make commute.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who has the longest commute?
a) Asha, who lives above her own shop
b) Dev, who lives next door to school
c) Ravi, who works from his home office
d) Lucy, who takes two trains to work
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d) Lucy, who takes two trains to work
2. Neha says her commute is tiring. What is tiring her?
a) the long meetings on Mondays
b) the daily trip to and from her office
c) the work she does at her desk
d) the cooking she does each night
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b) the daily trip to and from her office
