taxi

«taxi» in Mova's school dictionary: a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a taxi, taxis); verb (taxi, taxies / taxis, taxied, taxiing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go. tree →

2) When a plane taxis, it moves slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people take or call a taxi; the fare is shown on a meter. In maths, taxi fares are used for problems: a starting charge plus a price per kilometre or mile. Safety: children should not take a taxi alone, and adults use licensed taxis. Phrases: «take a taxi», «call a taxi», «taxi rank», «taxi driver».

examples

• We took a taxi to the station. tree →
• Mum called a taxi because it was raining. tree →
• The taxi driver helped with our bags. tree →
• The plane taxied to the runway. tree →
• There is a taxi rank outside the airport. tree →
• A taxi costs 3 dollars to start plus 2 dollars a kilometre; 5 km costs 13 dollars. tree →
• New York taxis are yellow. tree →

note

Countable noun: «a taxi, taxis». Also called a «cab» or «taxicab». The verb for planes: «taxied», «taxiing» (two i's). In maths fare problems, multiply the distance by the price per unit, then add the starting charge.

In the corpora

• Jayden said that in GTA 6 you can fly to the Moon in a taxi.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «taxi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.