Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to commutate
Participle: commutated
Gerund: commutating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | commutate |
| you | commutate |
| he;she;it | commutates |
| we | commutate |
| you | commutate |
| they | commutate |
Perfect
| I | have commutated |
| you | have commutated |
| he;she;it | has commutated |
| we | have commutated |
| you | have commutated |
| they | have commutated |
Past
| I | commutated |
| you | commutated |
| he;she;it | commutated |
| we | commutated |
| you | commutated |
| they | commutated |
Pluperfect
| I | had commutated |
| you | had commutated |
| he;she;it | had commutated |
| we | had commutated |
| you | had commutated |
| they | had commutated |
Future
| I | will commutate |
| you | will commutate |
| he;she;it | will commutate |
| we | will commutate |
| you | will commutate |
| they | will commutate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have commutated |
| you | will have commutated |
| he;she;it | will have commutated |
| we | will have commutated |
| you | will have commutated |
| they | will have commutated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | commutate |
| you | commutate |
| he;she;it | commutate |
| we | commutate |
| you | commutate |
| they | commutate |
Perfect
| I | have commutated |
| you | have commutated |
| he;she;it | have commutated |
| we | have commutated |
| you | have commutated |
| they | have commutated |
Imperfect
| I | commutated |
| you | commutated |
| he;she;it | commutated |
| we | commutated |
| you | commutated |
| they | commutated |
Pluperfect
| I | had commutated |
| you | had commutated |
| he;she;it | had commutated |
| we | had commutated |
| you | had commutated |
| they | had commutated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would commutate |
| you | would commutate |
| he;she;it | would commutate |
| we | would commutate |
| you | would commutate |
| they | would commutate |
Perfect
| I | would have commutated |
| you | would have commutated |
| he;she;it | would have commutated |
| we | would have commutated |
| you | would have commutated |
| they | would have commutated |
Imperative
| you | commutate |
| we | Let's commutate |
| you | commutate |
Verbs conjugated like 'commutate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'commutate'
computate,
commentate,
comminate,
commute,
amputate,
coadunate,
coagulate,
coaptate,
coarctate,
cocurate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from commutation (in the late 19th century), as is commutator (noun) too.
Sample Sentences
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Continuously rated machines shall be required to commutate successfully momentary loads of 150% of the Amperes corresponding to the continuous rating keeping the rheostat set for rated load excitation. [2013, Freidrich Nettel, Comparison of Principal Points of Standards for Electrical Machinea & Transformers: German, British, & American Standards compared, →ISBN, page 19:]
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In line commutation, advantage of the a.c. supply going through zero value at every half-cycle is taken to commutate the thyristor. [2009, S.K. Bhattacharya, Fundamentals Of Power Electronics, 1E, →ISBN, page 72:]
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The match of two finite line segments in 2 dimensions requires 2 translations, 1 rotation, 1 scale transformation; the order is here important, and these operators cannot commutate. [2012, J. Kittler, V.W. Fu, L.F Pau, Pattern Recognition Theory and Applications, →ISBN, page 194:]
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Ah, commutation. I knew there was something else. This is where you can commutate your weekly payments into a lump sum and be rid of the “system”. [2012, Stewart, Workers Compensation: Rorting the System Or System Rorted?, →ISBN:]
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Specifically, the seminary was challenged by industrial millers who petitioned to build steam-powered mills and by large Montreal property holders who demanded that the crown commutate their lands. [1986, Brian J. Young, In Its Corporate Capacity: The Seminary of Montreal as a Business Institution 1816-1876., →ISBN, page 52:]
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Writers change the URIs as they compose because writers commutate and manipulate language to create a variety of rhetorical experiences that can be read at once, as overlapping, or as separate. [2007, Jeff Rice, The Rhetoric of Cool: Composition Studies and New Media, →ISBN, page 123:]