Taxiing is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Taxiing meaning
present participle and gerund of taxi
Using Taxiing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of taxi
- In the example corpus, taxiing often appears in combinations such as: for taxiing, taxiing to.
Context around Taxiing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Taxiing
- In this selection, "taxiing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, airport, commence, began, past and two stand out and add context to how "taxiing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after taxiing past the and also involved taxiing such a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "taxiing" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with taxiing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Irving 1994, p. 383. Tests also involved taxiing such a large aircraft. (12 words)
The rear wheels are coupled to the rudder to provide steering during taxiing. (13 words)
Videos on social media showed planes at Dubai International Airport taxiing through deep water. (14 words)
The 777 on the right, which bears the "Battleship Gray" scheme, is on its takeoff roll on 28L, while the one on the left with the "Rising Blue" paint has some more taxiing to get to the same runway. (39 words)
Having seen men being attacked by sharks, Marks disobeyed standing orders and landed on the open sea. citation He began taxiing to pick up the stragglers and lone swimmers who were at the greatest risk of shark attack. (38 words)
Concorde landing at Farnborough in September 1974 A controller in the cockpit allowed the visor to be retracted and the nose to be lowered to 5° below the standard horizontal position for taxiing and take-off. (36 words)
Example sentences (10)
In March 2019, the United States Air Force didn't just conduct just another "elephant walk" – the term for taxiing a large number of aircraft before takeoff.
Videos on social media showed planes at Dubai International Airport taxiing through deep water.
After taxiing past the cathedral he stopped about convert from the square, where he was greeted by curious passersby and was asked for autographs.
Concorde landing at Farnborough in September 1974 A controller in the cockpit allowed the visor to be retracted and the nose to be lowered to 5° below the standard horizontal position for taxiing and take-off.
Flight data and clearance delivery Clearance Delivery is the position that issues route clearances to aircraft, typically before they commence taxiing.
Having seen men being attacked by sharks, Marks disobeyed standing orders and landed on the open sea. citation He began taxiing to pick up the stragglers and lone swimmers who were at the greatest risk of shark attack.
Irving 1994, p. 383. Tests also involved taxiing such a large aircraft.
The 777 on the right, which bears the "Battleship Gray" scheme, is on its takeoff roll on 28L, while the one on the left with the "Rising Blue" paint has some more taxiing to get to the same runway.
The rear wheels are coupled to the rudder to provide steering during taxiing.
To maintain balance while taxiing, two auxiliary wheels, called "pogos" are added for takeoff.
Common combinations with taxiing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- for taxiing 2×
- taxiing to 2×