Taxi

Definitions

1. A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
   countable, uncountable
2. An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
   countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
3. The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
   countable, uncountable
4. Synonym of shared taxi.
   Iran, South-Africa, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

58 more languages

العربيةتاكسيتكسيسَيَّارَة أُجْرَةسيارة الأجرة+ 1 more

Беларускаятаксі

Българскитакси

বাংলাক্যাবট্যাক্সি

Bosanskitaksataksiтакси

Catalàtaxi

Češtinarolovattaxitaxík

Cymraegtacsi

Dansktaxavogn

Ελληνικάταξίτροχοδρομώ

Esperantokabotaksio

Eestitakso

Euskarataxi

Suomimittaripirssirullatarullaustaksi+ 2 more

Gaeilgeinnilltacsaí

Gàidhligtagsaidh

ગુજરાતીટેક્સીભાડૂતી ગાડી

Hausatasi

עבריתמונית

हिन्दीकाली-पीलीटैक्सी

Hrvatskitaksataksiтакси

Magyargurultaxi

Հայերենտաքսի

Bahasa Indonesiataksi

Íslenskaleigubifreiðleigubílltaxi

Italianotassìtaxi

日本語タクシー辻自動車

ქართულიტაქსი

ភាសាខ្មែរតាក់ស៊ី

한국어딱씨택시

Kurdîtaksîtaxetaxîteksî+ 1 more

Latinataxiraeda

ລາວຕັກຊີ

Lietuviųtaksi

Te Reo Māoritākihiwakatono

Македонскитакси

Монголтакси

Bahasa Melayuteksi

မြန်မာတက္ကစီ

नेपालीट्याक्सी

Nederlandstaxitaxiën

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਟੈਕਸੀ

Polskicierpkołowaćtaksataksówkataryfataxi+ 3 more

Portuguêstáxitaxiar

Românătaximetru

РусскийТакситаксомото́р

Slovenščinataksi

Српскиtaksataksiтакси

Svenskataxitaxibil

Kiswahiliteksi

తెలుగుటాక్సీ

ไทยแท็กซี่

Türkçetaksi

ئۇيغۇرچەتاكسى

Українськатаксі

اردوٹیکسی

Tiếng Việttắc xixe tắc xi

Yorùbátakisi

Examples

“"Taxi," he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, "The nearest restaurant."”

“[Sobbing uncontrollably] I thought I could make⟳ it work⟳ between us because you looked a bit like⟳ a man. TAXI!”

“Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.”

“... some similar untidy pile of what had been a school biplane is recorded to have⟳ acted the part of red rag to the bull of a "taxi" monoplane , which despite its driver's efforts insisted on charging and trampling on the battered fragments.”

“Mr. E. B. Bauman (new pupil) joined school and had first lesson on No. 2 taxi.”

“During taxi, the flaps and slats are extended and the second engine (if not already running) is started.”

“Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.”

CEFR level