commuted
past simple and past participle ofcommute
| 单词 | commuted |
| 释义 | commuted past simple and past participle ofcommute commute verb uk/kəˈmjuːt/us/kəˈmjuːt/commuteverb(TRAVEL)C1[I] to make the samejourneyregularlybetweenworkandhome: It'sexhaustingcommutingfromBrightontoLondon everyday. Travelling
commuteverb(CHANGE)[T]formal tochangeone thing into another: People used tobelievethat you could commutebasemetalsintogold. [T]finance & economicsspecialized toexchangeonetypeofpaymentfor a differenttype: IthinkI'll commute mylifeinsuranceintoanannuity. [T]lawspecialized tochangeapunishmentto one that is lesssevere: Hersentencewas commutedfromdeathtolifeimprisonment. Changing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Replacing and exchanging Not punishing & reducing punishment Examplesofcommutedcommuted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Of those who migrated, 71 per cent were engaged in long distance migration while the remaining 21 per centcommutedwith livestock. From theCambridge English Corpus In the case of petty traffickers, the sentence was oftencommuted. From theCambridge English Corpus That sentence wascommutedswiftly to twenty, then ten years. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this is an overestimate since mill workerscommuted. From theCambridge English Corpus The first case is when both reductions are performed independently, and hence can becommuted. From theCambridge English Corpus Some 40,000 workers were employed in the zone on a daily basis, many of whomcommutedto work from the countryside and surrounding towns. From theCambridge English Corpus After each iteration, the value of the money purchase account is compared with thecommutedvalue of the minimum benefit. From theCambridge English Corpus The death sentence originally given for this lapse was latercommutedto 20 years hard labour. From theCambridge English Corpus In the early part of the century, thousands of ruralbased building workerscommutedto the city on a daily basis. From theCambridge English Corpus Two convictions were quashed on appeal and the remainder werecommutedto life imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In both cases, we propose that the death sentences becommutedto life imprisonment or another appropriate custodial sentence. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The sentence wascommutedto life imprisonment and, like all life sentences, was reduced to 21 years, and then to 15 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His sentence wascommutedto a life sentence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As thecommutedsums will repay local authority debt, cancelling out the loss of annual grant, the effect on local authority resources will be neutral. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Part of an officer's pension can becommuted, at a higher rate than has hitherto applied, in accordance with tables prepared by actuaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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