telecommuting

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UK/ˈtɛləkəˌmjuːtɪŋ/Canada, US/ˈtɛləkəˌmjutɪŋ/Canada, US[ˈtɛləkəˌmjuɾɪŋ]Australia/ˈteləkəˈmjʉːtɪŋ/

noun

The practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

Similar
working from hometeleworkingcybercommuting
OriginEnglish commuting ← Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle) ← Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- →
Less commonScrabble 20
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Meanings

nountelecommuting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.
    1 more example

    The homeworld and capital of humanity is entering a new golden age. The resource wealth of a dozen settled colonies and a hundred industrial outposts flows back to Earth, fueling great works of industry, commerce, and art. The great cities are greening as arcology skyscrapers and telecommuting allow more efficient use of land.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth Codex entry

    Synonyms: working from home, teleworking, cybercommuting

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of telecommute

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

Similar
working from hometeleworkingcybercommuting

More synonyms by meaning

nounemployment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem

Similar
teleworking
Broader
employmentwork
Also see
working from home

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Englishcommuting
  5. Englishtelecommuting

From tele- + commuting.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic عَمَل عَنْ بُعْدٍ, عَمَل مِنَ الْمَنْزِل
  • عَمَل عَنْ بُعْدٍ (ʕamal ʕan buʕdin)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • عَمَل مِنَ الْمَنْزِل (ʕamal mina l-manzil)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Bengali বাড়ি থেকে কাজ
  • বাড়ি থেকে কাজ (baṛi theke kaj)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Bulgarian ра́бота от вкъ́щи, дистанцио́нна ра́бота
  • ра́бота от вкъ́щи (rábota ot vkắšti)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • дистанцио́нна ра́бота (distanciónna rábota)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Chinese Mandarin 遠程工作 /远程工作, 在家辦公 /在家办公
  • 遠程工作 /远程工作 (yuǎnchéng gōngzuò)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • 在家辦公 /在家办公 (zàijiā bàngōng)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Czech práce na dálku
  • práce na dálkupractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Danish distancearbejde
  • distancearbejdepractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Dutch telewerk
  • telewerkpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Esperanto telelaborado, fora laborado
  • telelaboradopractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • fora laboradopractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Estonian kaugtöö
  • kaugtööpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Finnish etätyö
  • etätyöpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
French télétravail, travail à distance
  • télétravailpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • travail à distancepractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
German Telearbeit, Homeoffice
  • Telearbeitpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Homeofficepractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Heimarbeitpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Greek τηλεργασία
  • τηλεργασία (tilergasía)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Hungarian távmunka
  • távmunkapractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Icelandic fjarvinna
  • fjarvinnapractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Indonesian kerja jarak jauh
  • kerja jarak jauhpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Italian telelavoro, telependolarismo
  • telelavoropractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • telependolarismopractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • smart workingpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • lavoro agilepractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Japanese テレワーク, 在宅勤務
  • テレワーク (terewāku)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • 在宅勤務 (zaitaku kinmu)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • 在宅ワーク (zaitaku wāku)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • リモートワーク (rimōto wāku)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Korean 재택근무, 텔레워크
  • 재택근무 (jaetaekgeunmu)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • 텔레워크 (tellewokeu)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • 리모트 워크 (rimoteu wokeu)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Malay kerja jarak jauh
  • kerja jarak jauhpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Norwegian Bokmål fjernarbeid, hjemmearbeid
  • fjernarbeidpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • hjemmearbeidpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Polish praca zdalna, telepraca
  • praca zdalnapractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • telepracapractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Portuguese teletrabalho
  • teletrabalhopractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Romanian muncă de acasă, telemuncă
  • muncă de acasăpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • telemuncăpractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Russian удалённая рабо́та, удалёнка
  • удалённая рабо́та (udaljónnaja rabóta)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • удалёнка (udaljónka)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • дистанцио́нная рабо́та (distanciónnaja rabóta)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • дистанцио́нка (distanciónka)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • онла́йн-рабо́та (onlájn-rabóta)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • телерабо́та (telerabóta)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • рабо́та на дому́ (rabóta na domú)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • рабо́та из до́ма (rabóta iz dóma)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • рабо́та до́ма (rabóta dóma)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Slovak práca na diaľku
  • práca na diaľkupractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Spanish teletrabajo
  • teletrabajopractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Swedish distansarbete
  • distansarbetepractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Turkish evden çalışma, uzaktan çalışma
  • evden çalışmapractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • uzaktan çalışmapractice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
Ukrainian відда́лена робо́та, дистанці́йна робо́та
  • відда́лена робо́та (viddálena robóta)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • дистанці́йна робо́та (dystancíjna robóta)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • робо́та вдо́ма (robóta vdóma)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • робо́та з до́му (robóta z dómu)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • телеробо́та (telerobóta)practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
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