v.
Pronunciation: k ə - ' myüt
Function: verb
Inflected Form: com · mut · ed ; com · mut · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin commutare to change, exchange, from com- + mutare to change ― more at MUTABLE
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 a : CHANGE , ALTER b : to give in exchange for another : EXCHANGE
2 : to convert (as a payment) into another form
3 : to change (a penalty) to another less severe < commute a death sentence to life in prison>
4 : COMMUTATE
intransitive verb
1 : MAKE UP , COMPENSATE
2 : to pay in gross
3 : to travel back and forth regularly (as between a suburb and a city)
4 : to yield the same mathematical result regardless of order ― used of two elements undergoing an operation or of two operations on elements
– com · mut · able \ - ' myü-t ə -b ə l \ adjective