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noun | verb taxitaxi1 /ˈtæksi/ ●●○ noun (plural taxis) [countable] ETYMOLOGYtaxi1Origin: 1900-2000 taxicab verbs► take/get a taxi We took a taxi to the hotel. ► catch a taxi (=manage to get one to stop and take you somewhere) He caught a taxi going uptown, and made it there on time. ► 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. ► call a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come) You call 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? taxi + nouns► a taxi ride Dowtown 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 run a taxi service to and from the airport. ► a taxi stand (=a place where taxis wait for customers) There’s a taxi stand just outside the hotel. a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere SYN cab: I took a taxi to the airport. The taxi driver only spoke a little English. He left the restaurant and hailed a taxi (=waved or called to a taxi to make it stop). [Origin: 1900–2000 taxicab]COLLOCATIONSverbstake/get a taxi We took a taxi to the hotel.catch a taxi (=manage to get one to stop and take you somewhere) He caught a taxi going uptown, and made it there on time.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.call a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come) You call 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?taxi + nounsa taxi ride Dowtown 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 run a taxi service to and from the airport.a taxi stand (=a place where taxis wait for customers) There’s a taxi stand just outside the hotel. noun | verb taxitaxi2 verb ( or, taxied, taxiing) [intransitive] VERB TABLEtaxi |
| Present | I, you, we, they | taxi | | he, she, it | taxis | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | taxied | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have taxied | | he, she, it | has taxied | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had taxied | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will taxi | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have taxied |
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| Present | I | am taxiing | | he, she, it | is taxiing | | you, we, they | are taxiing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was taxiing | | you, we, they | were taxiing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been taxiing | | he, she, it | has been taxiing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been taxiing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be taxiing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been taxiing |
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