Past tense of commute

Forms of commute

Commuted in a sentence

• His prison sentence was commuted to probation.
• Ruslan Kutaev is evidence of this: not only was the elderly man sentenced to four years in prison (later commuted to two months), but he was tortured and his family threatened.2018, Dominic Rubin, Russia's Muslim Heartlands: Islam in the Putin Era, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207
• Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.From the entry transportation
• Projector Mansfield commuted between his managerly duties in Billerica and his brewing prospects in Maine.1959, Linwood W. Moody, The Maine Two-footers: The Story of the Two-foot Gauge Railroads of Maine. From the entry managerly
• The punishment was egregious, and Fulvet had commuted it, but the skiffers had been whipped into a fury.2021 December 7, M. A. Carrick, The Liar's Knot, Orbit, →ISBN. From the entry skiffer

Meaning of commute

1. verb To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen.
2. verb To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
3. verb To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.

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• Meaning of commute
• Commute in a sentence
• Plural of commute
• Commute in Tamil
• Commute in Urdu
• Commute in Bengali
• Commute in Malayalam

Questions about the past tense of commute

What is the past tense of commute?

The past tense of commute is commuted.

What is the past participle of commute?

The past participle of commute is commuted.

Is commute a regular or irregular verb?

Commute is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.