taxis

¹

[tak-sis]

noun

plural

taxes 

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.

taxis

²

[tak-seez]

noun

1. a plural of taxi.

-taxis

³

1. a combining form representing taxis1 in compound words.

   heterotaxis.

-taxis

¹

combining form

1. indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus

   thermotaxis

2. order or arrangement

   phyllotaxis

taxis

²

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• -tactic combining form

Word History and Origins

Origin of taxis¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of taxis¹

from New Latin, from Greek taxis order

Origin of taxis²

C18: via New Latin from Greek: arrangement, from tassein to place in order

Example Sentences

“Now most of us are doing work like driving rickshaws and taxis,” he said.

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The parents, who were both in receipt of benefits, were paying up to £70 per week for taxis, he said.

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However, the taxis will be flown by professional pilots instead of heads of households like George Jetson.

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The use of taxis to take asylum seekers from their hotels to appointments must be stopped, the prime minister has said.

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The home secretary has ordered an urgent review into the use and cost of taxis to transfer asylum seekers from their hotels to appointments.

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