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Meaning of "taxicab" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAXICAB

taxicab  [ˈtæksɪkæb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAXICAB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Taxicab is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAXICAB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

taxicab

Taxicab

A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice. This differs from other modes of public transport where the pick-up and drop-off locations are determined by the service provider, not by the passenger, although demand responsive transport and share taxis provide a hybrid bus/taxi mode. There are four distinct forms of taxicab, which can be identified by slightly differing terms in different countries: ▪ Hackney carriages, also known as public hire, hailed or street taxis, licensed for hailing throughout communities ▪ Private hire vehicles, also known as minicabs or private hire taxis, licensed for pre-booking only ▪ Taxibuses, also known as jitneys, operating on pre-set routes typified by multiple stops and multiple independent passengers ▪ Limousines, specialized...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAXICAB


cab
kæb
kab
kæb
minicab
ˈmɪnɪˌkæb
pedicab
ˈpɛdɪˌkæb
scab
skæb
vocab
ˈvəʊkæb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAXICAB

taxi
taxi dancer
taxi dancing
taxi driver
taxi fare
taxi rank
taxi stand
taxi strip
taxi truck
taxiarch
taxidermal
taxidermic
taxidermist
taxidermize
taxidermy
taximan
taximeter
taxing
taxingly
taxiplane

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAXICAB

Arab
Bab
black cab
Checker cab
crab
dab
fab
gab
gipsy cab
grab
gypsy cab
hackney cab
hansom cab
kebab
lab
Punjab
radio cab
rehab
sab
tab

Synonyms and antonyms of taxicab in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «taxicab» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAXICAB

Find out the translation of taxicab to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of taxicab from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «taxicab» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

出租车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

taxi
570 millions of speakers

English

taxicab
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेक्सी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تاكسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

такси
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

táxi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্যাক্সি ক্যাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taxi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

teksi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Taxi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タクシー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

택시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Taxicab
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xe tắc xi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாடகைக்கார்களின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॅक्सीकॅब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taksi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tassì
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

taksówka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

таксі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taxi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταξί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

taxi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taxi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

taxicab
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of taxicab

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAXICAB»

The term «taxicab» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.899 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAXICAB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about taxicab

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2 QUOTES WITH «TAXICAB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word taxicab.
1
Carroll Shelby
The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American V-8 could do the job better.
2
Henry Wade
Well, they had a lot of the things they found in his possession. They had the map, you know, that marked the route of the parade. They had statements from the bus driver and the taxicab driver that hauled him somewhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAXICAB»

Discover the use of taxicab in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to taxicab and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Taxicab Geometry: An Adventure in Non-Euclidean Geometry
Develops a simple non-Euclidean geometry and explores some of its practical applications through graphs, research problems, and exercises. Includes selected answers.
Eugene F. Krause, 1986
2
Taxi! Urban Economies and the Social and Transport Impacts ...
This study identifies primary factors related to demand for taxicab service in the US Regression modeling of the number of cabs in 1 1 8 US cities finds that most of the variation in the number of taxis can be explained by (1) the number of ...
Dr James Cooper, 2012
3
Taxicab regulation in Japan
Taxicab regulations of Japan. The taxicab industry of Japan is subject to price and entry regulation by the national government (ministry of transport) under authority of the 1951 Road Transport Law.1 In this law, hire taxis (kashi kiri takushii) ...
David Flath, 2002
4
Uniqueness of Taxicab Circles and Taxicab Ellipses
In the second and third chapters of this thesis, conditions for the uniqueness of taxicab ellipses are examined.
Donna L. Potts, 2007
5
The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical ...
Often called taxicab geometry, this system can be modeled by taxicabs roaming a city whose streets form a lattice of unit-square blocks. In many ways taxicab geometry is curiously like ordinary plane geometry. Yet it is sufficiendy different that ...
Martin Gardner, 2005
6
Kenya Gazette
26. No person in charge of a taxicab shall refuse to accept any offer of engagement from any person (except from a person prohibited by By-law No. 25) , unless such taxicab is actually hired for the whole or portion of the time for which such ...
7
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
he operates in accordance with one of the following conditions: (1) He has a contract with the United States authorizing him to pick up passengers for hire on that airport. (2) He operates a taxicab, in other than a taxicab pickup zone, to carry ...
‎1982
8
Mathematics of Shape Description: A Morphological Approach ...
Figure 7.5 Taxicab straight-line segments between two points inR2: (a) a taxicab line segment between two points, a and b; (b) many taxicab segments connecting two points, between two horizontal or vertical points segment if it varies ...
Pijush K. Ghosh, Koichiro Deguchi, 2009
9
The Role of Mathematics Discourse in Producing Leaders of ...
After the initial shock that the analogue of Euclidean 71 is in fact equal to 4 in taxicab geometry wore off, most groups chose to examine the formulas for the areas of a circle and a square, again comparing these to the familiar formulas for  ...
Libby Knott, 2009
10
Taxicab operating characteristics
National survey of taxicab operations conducted in the spring of 1982.
Gorman Gilbert, Raymond J. Burby, Charles Feibel, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAXICAB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term taxicab is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Taxicab Commission delays vote on whether to allow Uber in St. L …
The St. Louis Taxicab Commission delayed a vote on whether or not they will allow ride-sharing businesses like Uber after a heated hearing on Wednesday. «KMOV.com, Jul 15»
2
Judge Rules Taxicab Companies Can Sue Uber For Safety Ads
A federal judge has ruled California taxicab companies can sue competitor Uber over advertising statements that it offers the safest rides on the road. The San ... «NBC Bay Area, Jul 15»
3
Crash in Uninsured Taxicab Fuels More Taxicab Commission …
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — Edward Domain was in a crippling crash while riding inside a St. Louis taxicab two years ago. Turns out, the cab was uninsured, and now ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
4
Taxicab Commission Chair Says Uber Outrage is 'White Privilege'
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission said it was considering the proposal. On Wednesday, the MTC laid out a series of conditions for UberX ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
5
Muslim cab driver can wear religious clothing on duty, St. Louis …
Raja Naeem of St. Louis has been battling the Metropolitan Taxicab ... A spokesman for the taxicab commission said officials did not have a comment Tuesday ... «STLtoday.com, Jun 15»
6
Taxicab companies could start with less vehicles
The Clarion-Ledger reported (http://on.thec-l.com/1FtIeHK) the council is proposing to reduce the number of vehicles required to operate a taxicab company in ... «WAPT Jackson, Jun 15»
7
Man who allegedly carjacked taxicab at gunpoint, led police on …
LOS ANGELES >> A man allegedly carjacked a lime green Toyota Prius taxicab at gunpoint Friday and then led police on a looping, mostly slow-speed ... «LA Daily News, Apr 15»
8
LA to require all taxis to use 'Uber-like' mobile apps by summer
All taxicab drivers in Los Angeles will be required to use mobile apps similar to Uber and Lyft by this summer, according to a measure passed by the Los ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
9
John Cowans Jr. identified as passenger killed in taxicab crash …
Rescuers at scene of a one-car crash Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, in Holtsville. Suffolk County police said a taxicab overturned. The crash Nichols Road in both ... «Newsday, Dec 14»
10
DC Taxicab Commission announces new app
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The DC Taxicab Commission is designing its own hailing app and all drivers will be required to use it. Testing for the Universal DC ... «W*USA 9, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Taxicab [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/taxicab>. May 2024 ».
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