Taxi
noun
A car with a driver for hire.
He took a taxi to the airport.
Often appears as...
- take a taxi
- call a taxi
verb
To travel by taxi.
She taxied to her hotel from the airport.
Often appears as...
- taxi to
- taxi from
verb
When an airplane moves along the ground.
The airplane taxied down the runway.
Often appears as...
- taxi on the runway
- taxi to the gate
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A car with a driver for hire.
He took a taxi to the airport.
Often appears as...
- take a taxi
- call a taxi
verb
To travel by taxi.
She taxied to her hotel from the airport.
Often appears as...
- taxi to
- taxi from
verb
When an airplane moves along the ground.
The airplane taxied down the runway.
Often appears as...
- taxi on the runway
- taxi to the gate
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Settings
Taxis are commonly used in cities for convenience despite higher costs compared to public transport.
The streets were busy, so I grabbed a taxi to the meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Fare Payment
Fare is the price paid for the ride, often metered, but sometimes flat-rate for common destinations.
Make sure you have enough cash to cover the taxi fare.
Pro Tip 3/3Hailing a Taxi
In many places, you can flag down taxis on the street, or find them waiting at cab stands.
She hailed a taxi outside the hotel.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Settings
Taxis are commonly used in cities for convenience despite higher costs compared to public transport.
The streets were busy, so I grabbed a taxi to the meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Fare Payment
Fare is the price paid for the ride, often metered, but sometimes flat-rate for common destinations.
Make sure you have enough cash to cover the taxi fare.
Pro Tip 3/3Hailing a Taxi
In many places, you can flag down taxis on the street, or find them waiting at cab stands.
She hailed a taxi outside the hotel.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Settings
Taxis are commonly used in cities for convenience despite higher costs compared to public transport.
The streets were busy, so I grabbed a taxi to the meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Fare Payment
Fare is the price paid for the ride, often metered, but sometimes flat-rate for common destinations.
Make sure you have enough cash to cover the taxi fare.
Pro Tip 3/3Hailing a Taxi
In many places, you can flag down taxis on the street, or find them waiting at cab stands.
She hailed a taxi outside the hotel.
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Did you hear the one...
I was in Dubai. And it's great, there's good people everywhere. And you learn great things about these places. I encourage people always to go visit these places. For example, Dubai -- cool place. They're obsessed with having the biggest, tallest, longest, as we all know. They have a mall there, the Dubai Mall. It is so big, they have taxis in the mall.
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How one tweet can ruin...
turned on her phone while the plane was taxiing on the runway, and straightaway there was a message from somebody that she hadn't spoken to since high school, that said, "I am so sorry to see what's happening to you." And then another message from a best friend, "You need to call me right now.
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3 myths about the future...
They also complement them in other tasks, making that work more valuable and more important. Sometimes they complement human beings directly, making them more productive or more efficient at a particular task. So a taxi driver can use a satnav system to navigate on unfamiliar roads.
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Corruption, wealth and...
Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city. But gondoliers soon developed a bad rap.
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Uber's plan to get more...
Your supporters and investors, who have been with you the whole way, believe that the only chance of sort of taking on the powerful, entrenched interests of taxi industry and so forth, is to have someone who is a fierce, relentless competitor,
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Act like a car PIPE Nathan...
how people get hit by taxi don't do it right so there are three rules all right now we have one last one this is the most important one and it really is important for many reasons it's prepared for impact stay with me prepare for
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How to let go of being a...
So a friend of mine was riding in a taxi to the airport the other day, and on the way, she was chatting with the taxi driver, and he said to her, with total sincerity,
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Couples Share the...
cry describing her she's the love of my life I fell in love with her as she was getting out of a taxi the first time I ever saw her
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UHV Scorpion Hunt PIPE...
world's great specialists in insects something taxi insights on the way out all the insects came into where we were
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Go Inside an Antarctic...
adults protecting their eggs a high-standard the devil that's brilliant one awesome taxi fare must've had
Video examples
Did you hear the one...
I was in Dubai. And it's great, there's good people everywhere. And you learn great things about these places. I encourage people always to go visit these places. For example, Dubai -- cool place. They're obsessed with having the biggest, tallest, longest, as we all know. They have a mall there, the Dubai Mall. It is so big, they have taxis in the mall.
Video examples
How one tweet can ruin...
turned on her phone while the plane was taxiing on the runway, and straightaway there was a message from somebody that she hadn't spoken to since high school, that said, "I am so sorry to see what's happening to you." And then another message from a best friend, "You need to call me right now.
Video examples
3 myths about the future...
They also complement them in other tasks, making that work more valuable and more important. Sometimes they complement human beings directly, making them more productive or more efficient at a particular task. So a taxi driver can use a satnav system to navigate on unfamiliar roads.
Video examples
Corruption, wealth and...
Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city. But gondoliers soon developed a bad rap.
Video examples
Uber's plan to get more...
Your supporters and investors, who have been with you the whole way, believe that the only chance of sort of taking on the powerful, entrenched interests of taxi industry and so forth, is to have someone who is a fierce, relentless competitor,
Video examples
Act like a car PIPE Nathan...
how people get hit by taxi don't do it right so there are three rules all right now we have one last one this is the most important one and it really is important for many reasons it's prepared for impact stay with me prepare for
Video examples
How to let go of being a...
So a friend of mine was riding in a taxi to the airport the other day, and on the way, she was chatting with the taxi driver, and he said to her, with total sincerity,
Video examples
Couples Share the...
cry describing her she's the love of my life I fell in love with her as she was getting out of a taxi the first time I ever saw her
Video examples
UHV Scorpion Hunt PIPE...
world's great specialists in insects something taxi insights on the way out all the insects came into where we were
Video examples
Go Inside an Antarctic...
adults protecting their eggs a high-standard the devil that's brilliant one awesome taxi fare must've had
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
Each employed immigrant has his or her place of work. It is only the taxi driver, forever moving on wheels, who occupies no fixed space. He represents the immigrant condition.
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Karren Brady
British Public Servant
You take responsibility for your children but you're not always the taxi driver and that doesn't make you a bad parent.
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Travis Kalanick
American Businessman
We have to bring out the truth about how dark and dangerous and evil the taxi side is.
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Gordon Getty
American Businessman
I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.
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Jens Stoltenberg
Norwegian Politician
I think I would rather be a prime minister than a taxi driver.
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Groucho Marx
American Comedian
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
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Paul Sinha
I get football facts thrown at me by taxi drivers.
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Logan Green
American Businessman
Our goal was never to create a better taxi.
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Katharine Whitehorn
British Journalist
No nice men are good at getting taxis.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
Quote examples
Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
Each employed immigrant has his or her place of work. It is only the taxi driver, forever moving on wheels, who occupies no fixed space. He represents the immigrant condition.
Quote examples
Karren Brady
British Public Servant
You take responsibility for your children but you're not always the taxi driver and that doesn't make you a bad parent.
Quote examples
Travis Kalanick
American Businessman
We have to bring out the truth about how dark and dangerous and evil the taxi side is.
Quote examples
Gordon Getty
American Businessman
I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.
Quote examples
Jens Stoltenberg
Norwegian Politician
I think I would rather be a prime minister than a taxi driver.
Quote examples
Groucho Marx
American Comedian
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
Quote examples
Paul Sinha
I get football facts thrown at me by taxi drivers.
Quote examples
Logan Green
American Businessman
Our goal was never to create a better taxi.
Quote examples
Katharine Whitehorn
British Journalist
No nice men are good at getting taxis.
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