noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   plural of taxi form-of, plural
3. 3
   the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part wordnet
4. 4
   The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture. countable, uncountable
5. 5
   a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism wordnet

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6. 6
   The arrangement of the parts of a topic. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
7. 7
   arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar countable, uncountable
8. 8
   A brigade in an Ancient Greek army. countable, historical, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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reduction

Example

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"There were hundreds of taxis at the airport, all touting for business."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See taxi.

Related phrases

tria-taxis

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