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• plural of taxi.

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  taxis

  noun

  arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
• -taxis
  -taxis

  a combining form representing taxis1 in compound words.

taxis

¹ American  

[tak-sis] / ˈtæk sɪs /

noun

• taxes
  plural

1. arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.

2. Biology. oriented movement of a motile organism in response to an external stimulus, as toward or away from light.

3. Surgery. the replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia or the like, by manipulation without cutting.

4. Architecture. the adaptation to the purposes of a building of its various parts.

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taxis ² American  

[tak-seez] / ˈtæk siz /

noun

1. a plural of taxi.

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-taxis ³ American  

1. a combining form representing taxis1 in compound words.

   heterotaxis.

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-taxis ¹ British  

combining form

1. indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus

   thermotaxis

2. order or arrangement

   phyllotaxis

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taxis ² British  

/ ˈtæksɪs /

noun

1. the movement of a cell or organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus

2. surgery the repositioning of a displaced organ or part by manual manipulation only

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• -tactic
  combining form

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• taxes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of taxis

1720–30; < New Latin < Greek táxis, equivalent to tak- (base of tássein to arrange, put in order) + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

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Yet it barred Zoox taxis on roads with heavy rain, snow, large quantities of leaves or a speed limit of more than 45 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Shared taxis and passenger boats between the areas will be suspended for one month starting on Saturday.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Last year, Archer bought control of Hawthorne Municipal Airport for $126 million to build a hub for electric air taxis and test advanced aviation technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Boeing is also letting go of Wisk Aero, which is developing electric, autonomous air taxis, and SkyGrid, an air-traffic management system for autonomous flights.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Fiat taxis run the gauntlet, honking promiscuously above Arabic monologs droning from speakers.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Deputy leader Richard Tice will set out plans to build 50,000 affordable social homes a year in a news conference on Monday, a policy which the party claims will require no new taxes or borrowing.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

On the flipside, when I turn 70½ in late January, I’ll be able to save on taxes through qualified charitable distributions, or QCDs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Yes, there will be annual taxes on distributions like dividends—but investments such as low-fee, exchange-traded funds tend to have low distributions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

So while it is great fun to speculate — is it just another example of rich folk fleeing California’s high taxes?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

I wasn’t even sure my parents filed taxes, but if they did, I knew Dad wouldn’t give them to me if he knew why I wanted them.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover