- commuter
- noun Date: circa 1859 1. a person who commutes (as between a suburb and a city) 2. a small airline that carries passengers relatively short distances on a regular schedule
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commuter — [ kɔmyte ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 1611, repris XIXe; lat. commutare « changer complètement » I ♦ V. intr. 1 ♦ Math., Phys. Pour deux opérateurs A et B, Satisfaire à la relation AB = BA. 2 ♦ Pour un élément d un ensemble, Pouvoir être échangé… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Commuter — Com*mut er (k[o^]m*m[=u] t[ e]r), a. of or pertaining to commuting, in the sense of traveling; used for commuting; as, a commuter airline. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commuter — ☆ commuter [kə myo͞ot′ər ] n. a person who travels regularly, esp. by automobile, bus, train, etc., between two points at some distance from each other, esp. between a residence and a place of employment adj. of or for commuters or commuting [a… … English World dictionary
Commuter — Com*mut er (k[o^]m*m[=u] t[ e]r), n. One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commuter — 1865, Amer.Eng., from COMMUTE (Cf. commute); the noun commute is a back formation from 1960 … Etymology dictionary
commuter — [n] daily traveler, usually for work city worker, driver, straphanger*, suburbanite, traveler; concept 348 … New thesaurus
Commuter II B — Fue un helicóptero producido por la nternational Helicopters de Mayville, Nueva York, En 1979 la empresa fue vendida a la CHR Contenido 1 Historia 2 Commuter especificaciones 3 Helicópteros similares 4 … Wikipedia Español
commuter — commute com‧mute [kəˈmjuːt] verb [intransitive] TRAVEL to regularly travel a long distance for your work: commute between • a businessman who commutes between Northern Ireland and Hong Kong commute noun [countable usually singular] … Financial and business terms
commuter — n. 1) a suburban commuter 2) a commuter between; from; to * * * [kə mjuːtə] from to a suburban commuter a commuter between … Combinatory dictionary
commuter */ — UK [kəˈmjuːtə(r)] / US [kəˈmjutər] noun [countable] Word forms commuter : singular commuter plural commuters a) someone who travels regularly to and from work a train packed with commuters b) [only before noun] consisting of commuters, or used by … English dictionary
commuter — noun Commuter is used before these nouns: ↑belt, ↑line, ↑rail, ↑railway, ↑traffic, ↑train Commuter is used after these nouns: ↑rail … Collocations dictionary
