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- [tak-see]
- /ˈtæk si/
- /ˈtæksi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tak-see]
- /ˈtæk si/
Definitions of taxi word
- noun plural taxi a taxicab. 1
- verb without object taxi to ride or travel in a taxicab. 1
- verb without object taxi (of an airplane) to move over the surface of the ground or water under its own power. 1
- verb with object taxi to cause (an airplane) to taxi. 1
- noun taxi hire cab 1
- intransitive verb taxi airplane: on runway 1
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Origin of taxi
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
1905-10, Americanism; short for taxicab
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Taxi
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
taxi popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
taxi usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for taxi
noun taxi
- automobile — An automobile is a car.
- bucket of bolts — (Idiomatic) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
- cab — A cab is a taxi.
- chariot — In ancient times, chariots were fast-moving vehicles with two wheels that were pulled by horses.
- clunker — If you describe a machine, especially a car, as a clunker, you mean that it is very old and almost falling apart.
verb taxi
- coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
- deeded — something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act: Do a good deed every day.
- freewheel — a device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine.
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- handed — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
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