daily commute — regular trip to work or study
collocationB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
the journey you make every day to get to and from your workplace or school
Say it like a native
Textbook My quotidian journey to the workplace takes an hour.
Native My daily commute takes an hour.
'Quotidian journey to the workplace' is absurd; 'daily commute' is the set phrase.
Pattern: the/one's daily commute (noun phrase)
In use
- My daily commute takes about forty minutes each way.daily life
- In my opinion, a long daily commute can be stressful and tiring, especially if public transport is crowded.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ My everyday commute is long.
✓ My daily commute is long.
'Daily commute' is the fixed collocation — not 'everyday commute'.
Common collocations
daily commute— long, the morning, by train, tiring
Don't confuse it
Do not confuse with 'business trip' (a special journey for work) or 'travel' (general movement from place to place).