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tax·i
 taxi
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- pronunciation:
- taek
si
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
taxies, taxis |
| definition: |
A taxi is a car that takes people where they want to go. People pay money to ride in a taxi. They pay their money to a driver, who sits in the front. In big cities in America, taxis are often yellow. The word taxi comes from the longer word taxicab. Most people don't use the longer word anymore, but sometimes people use the word cab for the same meaning as taxi.
From the airport, Nick and his mom took a taxi to his grandparents' house.
- similar words:
- cab
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| related words: |
car |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
taxies, taxis, taxiing, taxying, taxied |
| definition: |
When an airplane taxies, it travels slowly on the ground before it takes off or after it lands.
After landing at the large airport, the plane had to taxi for a long while before it finally came to a stop. |
| related words: |
ride |
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