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noun

ˈtak-sē How to pronounce taxi (audio)
Definition of taxinext
as in cab
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment

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verb

as in to chauffeur

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Recent Examples of taxi
Noun
With public transport almost paralyzed, a round trip between the Havana neighborhoods of La Víbora and El Vedado in one of the few taxis still moving in Havana can cost 2000 pesos — $3 — or more. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 Her parents often pinned a note to her shirt so that local taxi-drivers could bring her home. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
There had just been a snowstorm and the plane wasn’t able to taxi all the way to the gate. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 Security camera video released by the airport shows the Airbus A319 plane starting to slowly taxi away from the terminals as a line of vehicles approached. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for taxi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxi
  1. cab
  2. chauffeur
  3. ride
Noun
  • Travis saunters over to dap him up through the cab’s open window, but this one has its own special, age-gap flair.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Upon arrival, crews found that the patient was actually located approximately 220 feet up in the air, inside of a crane cab.
    — Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of cab
Verb
  • In each city, the concierge-style service has its own private check-in and TSA process’,’ provides food, drinks and spa services’,’ and chauffeurs you directly to your plane.
    — Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Watch your speed The club had three station wagons and a long blue limousine when Bennett began chauffeuring at age 17.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of chauffeur
Verb
  • Meir, meanwhile, rode one end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm to a site near the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), torquing 46 bolts in preparation for future maintenance of the particle physics detector.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Privacy seekers can cast their anchor further afield at Coral Caye, Turtle Inn’s private island that’s a 20-minute boat ride away, with wooden cottages and a brimming reef.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of ride

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