Meanings
verbtelecommute (third-person singular simple present telecommutes, present participle telecommuting, simple past and past participle telecommuted)
present singular third person telecommutes · participle present telecommuting · participle past telecommuted · past telecommuted
noun
- attributiveTelecommuting.
a telecommute position; a telecommute program
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo 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.
Similar
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
- Englishtele-
- Englishcommute
- Englishtelecommute
Translations
Catalan teletreballar
- teletreballarwork from home
Chinese Mandarin 遠距工作 /远距工作
- 遠距工作 /远距工作work from home
Czech home office
- home officework from home
Esperanto telelabori
- telelaboriwork from home
Finnish tehdä etätyötä
- tehdä etätyötäwork from home
French télétravailler
- télétravaillerwork from home
German telearbeiten, im Homeoffice arbeiten
- telearbeitenwork from home
- im Homeoffice arbeitenwork from home
Italian telelavorare
- telelavorarework from home
Polish pracować zdalnie
- pracować zdalniework from home
Russian работать до́ма/на дому́
- работать до́ма/на дому́work from home
Spanish teletrabajar
- teletrabajarwork from home
Swedish distansarbeta, telependla
- distansarbetawork from home
- telependlawork from home
Cite this entry
APA
telecommute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecommute
MLA
“telecommute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecommute. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telecommute,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecommute.
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