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taxis

/ˈtæksɪs/

taxis noun: the directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. Also the plural of taxi.

Noun

taxis (countable and uncountable, plural taxes)

  1. The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
  2. The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
    Synonyms:
    reduction
  3. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
  4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
  5. (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

Also used as

taxis is also the plural of taxi.

taxis is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi.

taxis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

taxis in Hindi

टैक्सियाँ, टैक्सियां

taxis in Tamil

டாக்ஸிகள், டாக்சிகள்

taxis in Marathi

टॅक्सीज, टॅक्सीस

taxis in Urdu

ٹیکسیاں, ٹیکسیں, ٹیکسیوں
More languagesFewer languages
taxis in Bengali
ট্যাক্সিগুলি
taxis in Telugu
టాక్సీలు
taxis in Malayalam
ടാക്സികൾ
taxis in Kannada
ಟ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿಗಳು, ಟಾಕ್ಸಿಗಳು
taxis in Punjabi
ਟੈਕਸੀਆਂ
taxis in Gujarati
ટેક્સીઓ, ટેક્સિઓ
taxis in Odia
ଟ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ସିଗୁଡ଼ିକ, ଟ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ସିଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ
taxis in Nepali
ट्याक्सीहरू, टैक्सीहरू
taxis in Tagalog
biling

Examples of taxis in a sentence

  • “They’re screaming, looking for taxis, calling up friends and singing Happy Birthday to each other.
  • I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis.
  • Taxis have become an absolute bugger, if you’ll pardon the français.

All 19 example sentences with taxis

Synonyms of taxis

Forms of taxis

pluraltaxes
alternative formtaxies

Plural of taxis: taxes

Origin of taxis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).

See taxi.

Words formed from taxis

Phrases with taxis

4 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about taxis

What does taxis mean?
Taxis means the directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
What is taxis in Hindi?
Taxis in Hindi is टैक्सियाँ, टैक्सियां. See Taxis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is taxis?
Taxis is a noun.
How do you pronounce taxis?
Taxis is pronounced /ˈtæksɪs/.
What is the plural of taxis?
The plural of taxis is taxes.

Words near taxis in the dictionary

  1. taxiphone
  2. taxiphones
  3. taxiphyllin
  4. taxiplane
  5. taxiplanes
  6. taxis
  7. taxite
  8. taxites
  9. taxitic
  10. taxiway
  11. taxiways

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taxis (page history and authors); taxis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); taxis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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