taxi
[noun]
Synonyms: taxicab, cab, hack

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. tax‧i¹ S3 /ˈtæksi/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: taxicab]
a car and driver that you pay to take you somewhere Synonym : cab:
They sent me home in a taxi.

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II. taxi² verb (past tense and past participle taxied, present participle taxiing, third person singular taxis or taxies) [intransitive]
if a plane taxis, it moves along the ground before taking off or after landing:
The plane taxied to a halt.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

taxi
noun
VERB + TAXI go by, take I took a taxi back home.
call (sb), get (sb), order (sb), phone for I'll get my secretary to call you a taxi.
find We had some difficulty finding a taxi.
catch, hail We caught a taxi to the airport.
get into/out of | drive | pay for/off | share
TAXI + NOUN cab | firm | ride | service | fare | driver | rank
PHRASES by ~ a five-minute trip by taxi

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

taxi

take/get a taxi
We took a taxi to the hotel.
go/come/arrive by taxi
I went back home by taxi.
hail a taxi (=wave or call to a taxi to stop for you to get in)
I rushed outside and hailed a taxi.
phone for/call a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come)
Can you phone for a taxi and I'll get our coats.
call somebody a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come for someone else)
Call me a taxi, would you?
get into/out of a taxi
He got into a taxi outside the station.
a taxi ride
The centre of town is a five minute taxi ride away.
a taxi fare
She couldn't afford the £18 taxi fare.
a taxi driver
He paid the taxi driver and got out.
a taxi service
We operate a taxi service to and from the airport.
a taxi rank British English, a taxi stand American English (=a place where taxis wait for customers)
There's a taxi rank just outside the hotel.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

taxi
noun
BAD: To save time, we decided to go with a taxi.
GOOD: To save time, we decided to go by taxi.
GOOD: To save time, we decided to go in a taxi.

Usage Note:
You go somewhere by taxi or in a taxi (NOT with ): 'If you go by taxi, you're likely to get stuck in a traffic jam.'

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