1. (

• commutation ,
• commuting

) the travel of a commuter ;

1. (

• commute ,
• transpose ,

) exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other" ;

2. (

• commute

) travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home ;

3. (

• permute ,
• commute ,
• transpose

) change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" ;

4. (

• commute ,
• convert ,
• exchange ,

) exchange a penalty for a less severe one ;

5. (

• change ,
• exchange ,
• commute ,
• convert ,

) 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" ;