{
    "term": "commuter",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who travels into a city to work each day, usually from quite far away",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The five o’clock train is always packed with commuters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **commuter belt** (= the area around a city where people live and from which they travel to work in the city)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A group of regular commuters were playing cards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "About a million commuters use the rail network every day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Commuter services are under a greater strain than ever before."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Commuters are angry at the increase in rail fares."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Commuters from Essex to London face a nightmare journey today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could hear the commuter traffic in the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lives in a small commuter town, 25 miles from San Francisco."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident involved a crowded commuter train."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The developments are in the London commuter belt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The train was packed with commuters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The village has become the preserve of rich commuters and second home owners."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been an increase in the numbers of daily commuters into London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been improvements to commuter lines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to encourage commuters not to drive into the city."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmjuːtə(r)/",
                "audio": "co/commuter/commuter__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmjuːtər/",
                "audio": "co/commuter/commuter__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}