noun · neutral
commuter
UK/kəˈmjuːtə/US/kəˈmjuːtər/com·MUT·er
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a person who regularly travels between home and work or school
Examples
“Many commuters take the same train every morning.”
“As a daily commuter, she leaves home before 7 a.m.”
“Rush-hour commuters complain about overcrowded buses.”
Band 8 sentence
“As a commuter living in the suburbs, I try to avoid peak hours because the trains are unbearably crowded.”
Collocations
- daily commute
- rush-hour commuter
Word family
commute verbcommuting nouncommuter noun
Common mistakes
I commute in two hours every day.→I commute for two hours every day.
I am a commuter to my school.→I commute to my school.
Say it for a higher band
5traveller→6passenger→7+commuter
Synonyms
traveller
Easily confused
traveller
“Many commuters use suburban trains every morning.”
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