reverse commute

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Definition of reverse commute in English English dictionary

A trip to a more urban area in the evening, or from it in the morning

A reverse commute is a round trip, regularly taken, from a metropolitan area to a suburban one in the morning, and returning in the evening. It is almost universally applied to the trip to work in the suburbs from home in the city. This is on opposition to the regular commute, where a person lives in the suburbs and travels to work in the city

Related Terms

reverse commutes

plural form of reverse commute

reverse-commute

To travel to a more urban area in the evening and from it in the morning

reverse-commute

Attributive form of reverse commute

Hyphenation

re·verse com·mute

Turkish pronunciation

rivırs kımyut

Pronunciation

/rēˈvərs kəˈmyo͞ot/ /riːˈvɜrs kəˈmjuːt/