telecommute
verb
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Telecommute derives from the prefix tele-, a descendant of the Greek tele, meaning "far off," and the verb "commute," which arose from the Latin commutare, meaning "to change" or "to exchange." The practice of working at home and interfacing with the office via modem, telephone, or another telecommunications device has only recently become commonplace, but the word telecommute has been around since the mid-1970s. Its earliest documented use can be found in a January 1974 article in The Economist that predicted, "As there is no logical reason why the cost of telecommunication should vary with distance, quite a lot of people by the late 1980s will telecommute daily to their London offices while living on a Pacific island if they want to."
Examples of telecommute in a Sentence
Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
Extend the olive branch of flexibility through telecommuting options or flexible working hours.
—Naz Beheshti, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
The increase in women’s employment is tied to workplace changes like telecommuting that accelerated during the pandemic, although the trend predates COVID-19.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
Metro board weighs options for dealing with bleak financial picture
The funding package, which made up for fare money that had shifted away from telecommuting office workers, lasted more than three years.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
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“Telecommute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecommute. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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