--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 1049 words of the English dictionary under T, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / T # T — The English dictionary · page 8 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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English, meaning 1:* «tastest» means «you taste», a form of «taste»: The flavour of food or drink in your mouth.[↗](../../tastest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a sweet taste".[↗](../../tastest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wherefore this shall befall thee on thy way home: thou shalt come upon an apple-tree covered with apples by the wayside, and straightway thou shalt long to eat of them, and the moment thou tastest thereof thou shalt burst.[↗](../../tastest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) **tasty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having a good, pleasant flavour.[↗](../../tasty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a tasty sandwich".[↗](../../tasty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tasty can also mean clever or skilful at doing something, especially in a stylish way.[↗](../../tasty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This soup is really tasty.[↗](../../tasty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Strawberries are a tasty, healthy snack.[↗](../../tasty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma makes the tastiest apple pie.[↗](../../tasty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pizza looks tasty.[↗](../../tasty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a tasty salad in class.[↗](../../tasty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Honey is tasty on toast.[↗](../../tasty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he knew one thing more: he could embroider suspenders with roses and other flowers, and with arabesques, for he was a tasty, light-fingered fellow.[↗](../../tasty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, informal) Tat is cheap, tasteless or useless things, like junk sold at a fair: «The shop sells tourist tat».[↗](../../tat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tit for tat means paying someone back in the same way for something bad they did to you.[↗](../../tat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) Tat is short for tattoo.[↗](../../tat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (crafts) To tat is to make lace by tatting, using a small shuttle and thread.[↗](../../tat/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad said the souvenir shop was full of tat.[↗](../../tat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't waste your pocket money on plastic tat.[↗](../../tat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It turned into a tit-for-tat argument about who pushed first.[↗](../../tat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle has a dragon tat on his arm.[↗](../../tat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The jumble sale had some treasures among the tat.[↗](../../tat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma taught me to tat lace with a shuttle.[↗](../../tat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tatar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A member of a Turkic people who live mainly in Tatarstan in Russia, and also in Crimea (Crimean Tatars) and other countries.[↗](../../tatar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The language spoken by Tatars.[↗](../../tatar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* adjective Belonging to these people, their language or their culture.[↗](../../tatar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tatars have lived in Crimea for hundreds of years.[↗](../../tatar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kazan is the capital of Tatarstan, where many Tatars live.[↗](../../tatar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She speaks Tatar with her grandmother.[↗](../../tatar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Crimean Tatar food includes a pastry called chebureki.[↗](../../tatar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tatar language is related to Turkish.[↗](../../tatar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We read about Tatar horsemen in our history book.[↗](../../tatar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tatter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tatter is a torn scrap of cloth or paper.[↗](../../tatter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") «In tatters» means torn into many pieces, very worn or ragged.[↗](../../tatter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His coat hung in tatters.[↗](../../tatter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The flag was torn to tatters by the storm.[↗](../../tatter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore rags and tatters.[↗](../../tatter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tattered** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Torn and ragged, old and worn out at the edges.[↗](../../tattered/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beggar wore a tattered cloak.[↗](../../tattered/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old book had tattered pages.[↗](../../tattered/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince gave his tattered robes to the poor.[↗](../../tattered/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tattler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tattler is a person who tells other people's secrets or spreads gossip, often to get into trouble.[↗](../../tattler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't be a tattler and tell the teacher everything.[↗](../../tattler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tattler spread the story around the village.[↗](../../tattler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **tattletale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tattletale is a person, often a child, who tells a teacher or parent about other people's small mistakes, usually to get them into trouble.[↗](../../tattletale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is an informal, unkind name, mostly used in the USA and Canada.[↗](../../tattletale/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't be a tattletale about every little thing.[↗](../../tattletale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They called him a tattletale for telling the teacher.[↗](../../tattletale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling an adult when someone is hurt is not being a tattletale.[↗](../../tattletale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Tattletale!» shouted his sister.[↗](../../tattletale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK, a tattletale is often called a telltale.[↗](../../tattletale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If it's a safety problem, always tell.[↗](../../tattletale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tattling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tattling means telling an adult about someone's small misbehaviour, often just to get them into trouble (mainly American).[↗](../../tattling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tattling can also mean gossiping or chattering.[↗](../../tattling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop tattling on your little brother.[↗](../../tattling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is that tattling or telling?[↗](../../tattling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling an adult that someone is hurt is not tattling.[↗](../../tattling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She kept tattling about who was talking in class.[↗](../../tattling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody likes it when you are always tattling.[↗](../../tattling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher said, «If it's dangerous, it's not tattling.»[↗](../../tattling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was called a tattletale for tattling.[↗](../../tattling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tattoo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A picture or pattern made on the skin with ink pushed in by a needle, which stays there.[↗](../../tattoo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make such a picture on someone's skin.[↗](../../tattoo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A military show with music, marching and drums, often at night, like the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.[↗](../../tattoo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A steady beating or tapping sound, like rain drumming.[↗](../../tattoo/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle has a tattoo of an anchor on his arm.[↗](../../tattoo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We put on temporary tattoos at the party.[↗](../../tattoo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In many countries you must be 18 to get a tattoo.[↗](../../tattoo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Māori tā moko are traditional tattoos with special meaning.[↗](../../tattoo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the military tattoo with bagpipes and drums.[↗](../../tattoo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain beat a tattoo on the tin roof.[↗](../../tattoo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist tattooed a dragon on her back.[↗](../../tattoo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They sang in unison a merry dance-song, and beat a lively tattoo on the drum.[↗](../../tattoo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tatty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Old, worn out and in poor condition, a bit shabby.[↗](../../tatty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Of poor quality or cheap-looking.[↗](../../tatty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tatty can also be a name for a character, such as Tatty Mouse.[↗](../../tatty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My favourite teddy is very tatty now.[↗](../../tatty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore a tatty old jumper.[↗](../../tatty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The library book was tatty and torn.[↗](../../tatty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sofa looks a bit tatty, so we're getting a new one.[↗](../../tatty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The posters on the wall were tatty around the edges.[↗](../../tatty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't wear those tatty trainers to the party\![↗](../../tatty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house,[↗](../../tatty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tatu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Ukrainian) "Tatu" is the Ukrainian word for Dad when you call him or speak to him directly.[↗](../../tatu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Tatu!" means "Dad!".[↗](../../tatu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The ordinary form is "tato" (тато) — dad.[↗](../../tatu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds like "TAH-too" to an English ear.[↗](../../tatu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../tatu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Swahili) "Tatu" means the number three.[↗](../../tatu/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Portuguese) "Tatu" means armadillo.[↗](../../tatu/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* t.A.T.u. was the name of a Russian pop duo.[↗](../../tatu/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (Ukrainian) "Tatu, look at my drawing!"[↗](../../tatu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Olenka shouted.[↗](../../tatu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (Ukrainian) "Tatu" means "Dad!" when you call him.[↗](../../tatu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Ukrainian) When talking about him, Ukrainian children say "tato" — dad.[↗](../../tatu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (Ukrainian) "Dobranich, tatu!" means "Good night, Dad!"[↗](../../tatu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Swahili) Moja, mbili, tatu — one, two, three.[↗](../../tatu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (Portuguese) In Brazil, "tatu" is an armadillo.[↗](../../tatu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ukrainian has a special calling form, so "tato" becomes "tatu".[↗](../../tatu/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tau** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also spelled Tav, or a letter of the Greek alphabet.[↗](../../tau/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Seven Double Letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with theui.[↗](../../tau/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tau/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pé, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them.[↗](../../tau/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tau/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened.[↗](../../tau/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../tau/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **taunt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry.[↗](../../taunt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A taunt is a cruel remark said to tease or hurt someone.[↗](../../taunt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Peacock taunted the Crane about her plain feathers.[↗](../../taunt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He shouted a taunt at the runner.[↗](../../taunt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't rise to their taunts.[↗](../../taunt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed?[↗](../../taunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.37.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me; (Writings LAM.3.61, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taunt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.[↗](../../taunt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.21.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taunt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **taurus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Taurus is a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the shape of a bull.[↗](../../taurus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In astrology, Taurus is a star sign for people born from about late April to late May.[↗](../../taurus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Latin) Taurus means «bull».[↗](../../taurus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Taurus is also a name used for mountains in Turkey and for some products like cars.[↗](../../taurus/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Taurus looks like the head of a bull in the night sky.[↗](../../taurus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pleiades star cluster is in Taurus.[↗](../../taurus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister is a Taurus because her birthday is in May.[↗](../../taurus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Aldebaran is the red eye of Taurus the bull.[↗](../../taurus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Taurus Mountains are in southern Turkey.[↗](../../taurus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · \[paragraph continues\] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.[↗](../../taurus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../taurus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · God produced Vau, predominant in Mind, crowned, combined, and formed Taurus in the world, Yiar in the year, and the right kidney of man.[↗](../../taurus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../taurus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Vau, predominant in mind, crowned it, combined and formed with it Taurus in the Universe, Aiar in the Year, and the right kidney of Man.[↗](../../taurus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../taurus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tavern** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink.[↗](../../tavern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We met in the tavern after work.[↗](../../tavern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The artists sat by the fire in the tavern.[↗](../../tavern/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tavern was full of noisy sailors.[↗](../../tavern/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **taw** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Another way of spelling Tav, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.[↗](../../taw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice.[↗](../../taw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../taw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is certainly an editorial error, confusing a Chet for a Taw.[↗](../../taw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../taw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.\][↗](../../taw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Taw-Thaw.[↗](../../taw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../taw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tawny** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tawny describes a warm orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour, like a lion's fur.[↗](../../tawny/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tawny owl is a common brown owl in Britain and Europe.[↗](../../tawny/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tawny port is a kind of brown wine (for adults).[↗](../../tawny/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lion shook its tawny mane.[↗](../../tawny/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A tawny owl hooted in the woods at night.[↗](../../tawny/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her tawny hair glowed in the sunshine.[↗](../../tawny/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hills were tawny with dry grass.[↗](../../tawny/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tawny frogmouth is an Australian bird.[↗](../../tawny/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh, come with me, Connla of the Fiery Hair, ruddy as the dawn with thy tawny skin.[↗](../../tawny/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tax** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Money that people and businesses must pay to the government to pay for things like schools, roads, hospitals and police.[↗](../../tax/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a verb, to make people pay tax on something.[↗](../../tax/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To tax something can also mean to make it work hard or tire it.[↗](../../tax/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a taxing job".[↗](../../tax/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Taxes help pay for schools and roads.[↗](../../tax/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The price was 10 dollars plus tax.[↗](../../tax/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, GST is added to most things you buy.[↗](../../tax/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The government taxes petrol.[↗](../../tax/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grown-ups pay income tax on the money they earn.[↗](../../tax/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbing that steep hill was very taxing.[↗](../../tax/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The colonists were angry about the tax on tea.[↗](../../tax/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Have you been for the tax?” said the giant.[↗](../../tax/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.[↗](../../tax/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.24.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tax/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **taxation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Taxation is the system of taking money (taxes) from people and businesses to pay for things a government provides.[↗](../../taxation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Taxation is the amount of money taken as tax.[↗](../../taxation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Taxation pays for schools and hospitals.[↗](../../taxation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The people were angry about unfair taxation.[↗](../../taxation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The government changed its rules on taxation.[↗](../../taxation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · High taxation can make things cost more.[↗](../../taxation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In history, taxation without a say in the government caused protests.[↗](../../taxation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Taxation is a big topic in elections.[↗](../../taxation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **taxi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go.[↗](../../taxi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When a plane taxis, it moves slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing.[↗](../../taxi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took a taxi to the station.[↗](../../taxi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum called a taxi because it was raining.[↗](../../taxi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The taxi driver helped with our bags.[↗](../../taxi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane taxied to the runway.[↗](../../taxi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a taxi rank outside the airport.[↗](../../taxi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A taxi costs 3 dollars to start plus 2 dollars a kilometre; 5 km costs 13 dollars.[↗](../../taxi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · New York taxis are yellow.[↗](../../taxi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **taxman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) The taxman is the government office that collects taxes, spoken of as if it were one person.[↗](../../taxman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who collects taxes for the government.[↗](../../taxman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad grumbled that the taxman takes a big part of his pay.[↗](../../taxman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You must tell the taxman how much money you earn.[↗](../../taxman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the taxman came to the village every spring.[↗](../../taxman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum owes the taxman a little money this year.[↗](../../taxman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop has to keep records for the taxman.[↗](../../taxman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Zacchaeus was a taxman who changed his ways.[↗](../../taxman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone has to pay the taxman, even famous people.[↗](../../taxman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **taxonomic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Taxonomic means to do with sorting living things into named groups, such as kingdom, family, genus and species.[↗](../../taxonomic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* More broadly, it means to do with any careful system of naming and grouping things.[↗](../../taxonomic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions and tigers are in the same taxonomic family, the cat family.[↗](../../taxonomic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a taxonomic key to sort the minibeasts we found.[↗](../../taxonomic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Species is the smallest main taxonomic rank.[↗](../../taxonomic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists argued about the taxonomic place of the giant panda for years.[↗](../../taxonomic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A taxonomic name is usually written in Latin, like Homo sapiens.[↗](../../taxonomic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum labels show each fossil's taxonomic group.[↗](../../taxonomic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The library uses a kind of taxonomic system to sort books by subject.[↗](../../taxonomic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **taxpayer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or business that pays taxes (money) to the government.[↗](../../taxpayer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Taxpayers' money pays for our school.[↗](../../taxpayer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new bridge cost the taxpayer millions.[↗](../../taxpayer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every worker is a taxpayer.[↗](../../taxpayer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The government must spend taxpayers' money wisely.[↗](../../taxpayer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The minister said the plan would save taxpayers money.[↗](../../taxpayer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If a taxpayer earns £500 and pays 20% tax, she pays £100.[↗](../../taxpayer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") 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