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commuter

[ kuh-myoo-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who commutes, especially between home and work.


adjective

  1. of or for commuting; serving commuters:

    a commuter railroad.

  2. of or relating to a flight, plane, or airline that carries passengers over relatively short distances and usually serves small communities.

commuter

/ kəˈmjuːtə /

noun

    1. a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
    2. ( as modifier )

      the commuter belt

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of commuter1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; commute + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Most commuters spend relatively short periods of time waiting on platforms or riding subway trains.

They each have hundreds of thousands of residents who usually commute to New York City and pay New York state income tax as well as a New York City commuter tax, but have been working remotely this past year.

From Axios

Such lanes could be used not just by commuters but also delivery services using cargo bikes, as they are in famously bike-friendly Amsterdam.

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It has three Metrorail stations, five Arlington Transit bus routes, nine WMATA bus routes, three commuter bus routes, two trailheads, a bus rapid-transit route that connects to Alexandria and spots of active sidewalks.

The trolley, he said, would be used by passengers who were pre-cleared — like those who can use the SENTRI program’s commuter lanes to pass more quickly through ports of entry.

When one commuter stands to leave, a businessman outpaces a woman hauling a sizable shopping bag.

A rush of water spills from above, but not from the bottle of an absent-minded commuter or tipsy traveler.

The result was a perfect storm of commuter congestion where “normal Caracas chaos became absolute mayhem.”

Local vendors practically throw themselves in front of the commuter traffic, imploring passengers to take horse rides.

He was found barely alive in the woods near a commuter train line, still tied up, naked, and badly burned.

If the 5:37 should ever be stricken from the time-card the Commuter would feel as if the light had been extinguished.

The Commuter finds his way up a steep road to his home on the hillside, his very own home.

The Pennsylvania built the new station for through travel rather than for the Commuter, at the outset.

The Illinois Central has been very progressive in its methods of handling the Commuter traffic.

The club car is one of the most elaborate developments of the entire Commuter idea.

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