"telecommute" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: telecommutes [present, singular, third-person], telecommuting [participle, present], telecommuted [participle, past], telecommuted [past]
Etymology: tele- + commute Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|tele-|commute}} tele- + commute Head templates: {{en-verb}} telecommute (third-person singular simple present telecommutes, present participle telecommuting, simple past and past participle telecommuted)
  1. (computing) To work from home, sometimes for part of a working day or week, using a computer connected to one's employer's network or via the Internet. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: work from home, telework Derived forms: telecommuter, telecommuting Translations (work from home): pellabourat (Breton), teletreballar (Catalan), telelabori (Esperanto), tehdä etätyötä (Finnish), télétravailler (French), teletraballar (Galician), telearbeiten (German), im Homeoffice arbeiten (German), telelavorare (Italian), работать до́ма/на дому́ (Russian), teletrabajar (Spanish), distansarbeta (Swedish), telependla (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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