What does commuter mean?

Definitions for commuter
kəˈmyu tərcom·muter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. commuter, commuter trainnoun

    a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another

  2. commuternoun

    someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city

GCIDE

  1. Commuteradjective

    of or pertaining to commuting, in the sense of traveling; used for commuting; as, a commuter airline.

Wiktionary

  1. commuternoun

    A person who regularly travels from one place to another, typically to work.

  2. commuternoun

    A piece of transportation equipment used for the transportation of such persons.

    He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.

  3. commuteradjective

    Typically of an aircraft, train etc., designed for use by commuters.

Wikipedia

  1. commuter

    Commuting is periodically recurring travel between one's place of residence and place of work or study, where the traveler, referred to as a commuter, leaves the boundary of their home community. By extension, it can sometimes be any regular or often repeated travel between locations, even when not work-related. The modes of travel, time taken and distance traveled in commuting varies widely across the globe. Most people in least-developed countries continue to walk to work. The cheapest method of commuting after walking is usually by bicycle, so this is common in low-income countries, but is also increasingly practised by people in wealthier countries for environmental and health reasons. In middle-income countries, motorcycle commuting is very common. The next technology adopted as countries develop is more dependent on location: in more populous, older cities, especially in Eurasia mass transit (rail, bus, etc.) predominates, while in smaller, younger cities, and large parts of North America and Australasia, commuting by personal automobile is more common. A small number of very wealthy people, and those working in remote locations around the world, also commute by air travel, often for a week or more at a time rather than the more typical daily commute. Transportation links that enable commuting also impact the physical layout of cities and regions, allowing a distinction to arise between mostly-residential suburbs and the more economically focused urban core of a city (process known as suburban sprawl), but the specifics of how that distinction is realized remain drastically different between societies, with Eurasian "suburbs" often being more densely populated than North American "urban cores".

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  1. commuter

    A commuter is a person who regularly travels a certain distance between their home and their place of work or study. This term often refers to individuals who live in the suburbs and travel to cities for work, typically using public transportation such as trains, buses, or carpooling.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Commuternoun

    one who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling

Wikidata

  1. Commuter

    Commuter is the brand name given to the suburban rail services operated by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland. These operate in and around the suburban rail networks of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, in contrast to the majority of services which are classed as InterCity. In recent years, Iarnród Éireann has put a significant amount of effort into upgrading its network, with new tracks, signalling, station upgrades and trains. The majority of Commuter services are operated by diesel multiple unit train sets. An exception to this is the DART service - this shares the line with several other services. It is the only electrified heavy rail service in Ireland.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of commuter in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of commuter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of commuter in a Sentence

  1. Barbara Ehrenreich:

    If men were equally at risk from this condition -- if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis, that they would have to go nearly a year without a stiff drink, a cigarette, or even an aspirin, that they would be subject to fainting spells and unable to fight their way onto commuter trains -- then I am sure that pregnancy would be classified as a sexually transmitted disease and abortions would be no more controversial than emergency appendectomies.

  2. Elizabeth Warren:

    I used my mama's grit to get through commuter college and law school.

  3. Ross Aimer:

    The first step would be to try these in a commuter market or charter market, then eventually, if that works well, you're going to have passenger jets. For that we need Boeing or Airbus to come out with a actual electric airplane. I would see that in about 10 years.

  4. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker:

    I am disappointed to hear that the MBTA and commuter rail are currently struggling to provide service due to weather conditions, the MBTA's condition and performance is concerning, reinforcing the need for riders to stay at home.

  5. Bill Eisele:

    Nationwide, the average travel delay per commuter is more than twice what it was in 1982, for cities of less than 500,000 people, the problem is four times worse than in 1982.

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