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单词 commutable
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commutableadj.

/kəˈmjuːtəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < Latin commūtābilis subject to change, changeable, < commūtāre to commute v.: see -ble suffix.
That may be commuted or exchanged; changeable, exchangeable; convertible into a money value: see commute n.
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the world > time > change > exchange > [adjective] > interchangeable
convertiblec1386
interchangeablea1569
commutable1649
exchangeable1651
counterchangeable1672
permutable1776
transpositionala1800
interconvertible1827
transposable1835
substitutable1925
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xvii. (R.) Some things..are pious and religious, but dispensable, voluntary and commutable; such are voluntary fasts.
1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 37 To compare the commutable effects of heat in bodies.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. ii. 12 Estates..held at fixed and commutable services.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan II. 316 Offences not commutable by fine.

Draft additions 1993

2. Of a place: that may be commuted from (to a city, place of work, etc.) or to (from elsewhere). Of a distance: able to be travelled by a commuter. Originally U.S.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adjective] > able to be travelled by a commuter
commutable1976
1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. c20/2 (advt.) Convenient to 1–95 & commutable to Northern Virginia.
1981 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. v. 11/1 Close to an excellent school district... Easily commutable to Philly.
1982 Financial Times 23 Sept. 30/5 Taiwan would be an additional market within commutable distance.
1986 J. Milne Dead Birds vii. 47 Saffron Walden... It's just about commutable from London.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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