noun
Meaning 1
Telecommuting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
Examples
- a telecommute position; a telecommute program
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
telecommute
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈtɛləkəˌmjut/
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CMU ARPABET: T EH1 L AH0 K AH0 M Y UW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English commute English telecommute From tele- + commute.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: pellabourat — work from home
- Catalan: teletreballar — work from home
- Chinese Mandarin: 遠距工作 /远距工作 — work from home
- Czech: home office — work from home
- Esperanto: telelabori — work from home
- Finnish: tehdä etätyötä — work from home
- French: télétravailler — work from home
- Galician: teletraballar — work from home
- German: telearbeiten — work from home
- German: im Homeoffice arbeiten — work from home
- Italian: telelavorare — work from home
- Polish: pracować zdalnie — work from home
- Russian: работать до́ма/на дому́ — work from home
- Spanish: teletrabajar — work from home
- Swedish: distansarbeta — work from home
- Swedish: telependla — work from home