verb / noun · neutral
commute
/kəˈmjuːt/com·MUTE
Band 4-5speakingtask1
to travel regularly between home and work (verb); the regular journey between home and work (noun)
Examples
“She commutes to the city by train every day.”
“His daily commute takes about an hour.”
“Many people commute from the suburbs to the centre.”
Band 8 sentence
“Because of rising house prices, many workers are forced to commute longer distances into the city each day.”
Collocations
- daily commute
- long commute
- commute by train
Word family
commute verb / nouncommuter nouncommuting noun / verb-ing
Common mistakes
I have a long time to go to work.→It takes me a long time to commute to work.
I commute every day by a train.→I commute every day by train.
Say it for a higher band
5go→6travel→7+commute
Synonyms
travel (to work)
journey
Easily confused
travel
“She loves to travel to different countries during the holidays.”
Related words
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In City & Urban life
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