"commuter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈmjuːtɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commuter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: commuters [plural]
Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ) Etymology: commute + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|commute|er|id2=agent noun}} commute + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} commuter (plural commuters)
  1. One who commutes (etymology 1). Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-commuter-en-noun-wZ1MKh~z Disambiguation of People: 26 31 30 12
  2. (transport) A person who regularly travels between two places.
    (US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.
    Tags: Canada, UK, US Categories (topical): Transport, People
    Sense id: en-commuter-en-noun-NkUfc1Hu Disambiguation of People: 26 31 30 12 Categories (other): American English, British English, Canadian English Topics: transport
  3. (transport) A person who regularly travels between two places.
    (Philippines) Using public transport.
    Tags: Philippines Categories (topical): Transport, People Translations (transport system or vehicle in such systems): pendel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-commuter-en-noun-4icEzaWD Disambiguation of People: 26 31 30 12 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 16 46 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 15 58 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 23 39 28 Topics: transport Disambiguation of 'transport system or vehicle in such systems': 2 26 41 31
  4. (transport) Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2) Categories (topical): Transport, People
    Sense id: en-commuter-en-noun-eHEzEjHE Disambiguation of People: 26 31 30 12 Topics: transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: commuting [noun] Translations (a person who regularly travels to and from work and home): forens (Dutch), pendelaar [masculine] (Dutch), työmatkalainen (Finnish), pendelöijä (Finnish), navetteur [masculine] (French), pendulaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Pendler [masculine] (German), ingázó (Hungarian), pendolare [feminine, masculine] (Italian), pendler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pendlar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dnevni cirkulant (Serbo-Croatian), cirkulant [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), viajero diario [masculine] (Spanish), trabajador pendular [masculine] (Spanish), migrante pendular [masculine] (Spanish), viajero pendular [masculine] (Spanish), cercanista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), pendlare [common-gender] (Swedish)
Derived forms: commuter belt, commuter bus, commuterliner, commuter marriage, commuter rail, commuter town, cybercommuter, noncommuter, reverse commuter, supercommuter, telecommuter Disambiguation of 'a person who regularly travels to and from work and home': 6 46 45 3

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pendler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pendlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "word": "dnevni cirkulant"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cirkulant"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viajero diario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabajador pendular"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "migrante pendular"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viajero pendular"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cercanista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who regularly travels to and from work and home",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pendlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transport system or vehicle in such systems",
      "word": "pendel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commuter"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/1412",
  "msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2)",
  "path": [
    "commuter"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "commuter",
  "trace": ""
}

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