{
    "term": "taxi",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_taxis.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have meters that show how much money you have to pay.",
            "sensetop": "by taxi",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We **took a taxi** to the airport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to call/hail/catch/get a taxi"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I came home by taxi.",
                    "contextForm": "by taxi"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **taxi driver**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a taxi ride/service"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'd better take a taxi."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll get my secretary to call you a taxi."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had some difficulty finding a taxi."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hired a taxi for the day and went all over the island."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a five-minute trip by taxi"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a water taxi heading for Venice"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["air", "water"],
                "verb + taxi": ["take", "book (somebody)", "call (somebody)"],
                "taxi + noun": ["cab", "company", "firm"],
                "phrases": ["by taxi"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small bus with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have fixed routes and stop wherever passengers need to get on or off.",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæksi/",
                "audio": "ta/taxi/taxi__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæksi/",
                "audio": "ta/taxi/taxi__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxi-cab or taximeter cab, from French taximètre, from taxe ‘tariff’, from the verb taxer ‘to tax’ + -mètre ‘(instrument) measuring’."
}