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telecommute verb "Telecommute" derives from the prefix "tele-," a descendant of the Greek word "tēle," meaning "far off," and the verb "commute," which arose from Latin "commutare," meaning "to change" or "to exchange." The practice of working at home and interfacing with the office electronically 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." : to work at home by the use of an electronic linkup with a central office

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April 9, 2009 TEL-ih-kuh-myoot Marie recently installed a high-speed computer line in her home so she could telecommute two days a week.

Word	telecommute
Date	April 9, 2009
Type	verb
Syllables	TEL-ih-kuh-myoot
Etymology	"Telecommute" derives from the prefix "tele-," a descendant of the Greek word "tēle," meaning "far off," and the verb "commute," which arose from Latin "commutare," meaning "to change" or "to exchange." The practice of working at home and interfacing with the office electronically 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	Marie recently installed a high-speed computer line in her home so she could telecommute two days a week.
Definition	: to work at home by the use of an electronic linkup with a central office

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