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Cab

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A hired vehicle for carrying passengers, especially in a town or city. It may represent brief encounters, urgency, or urban anonymity.

Detailed Definition
A cab is a vehicle hired for a particular journey, ranging from a horse-drawn carriage to a modern taxi. In poetry, it often belongs to the restless life of streets, stations, hotels, and late-night departures. A cab can enclose strangers in temporary intimacy before returning them to separate lives. Its meter, window, driver, and turning wheels may emphasize time passing, paid movement, or the uneasy solitude of travel through a crowded city.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The yellow cab vanished into wet Manhattan light,” quickly places the reader in a city scene; A cab ride can frame a poem as a brief encounter between driver and passenger; “I hailed a cab with one glove raised against the snow,” uses action to begin a narrative; A poet can make the cab’s rear window a symbol of leaving someone behind
Additional Notes
A cab creates a temporary shared space between strangers; its route, meter, or rear window can emphasize urban movement and observation.
Also Known As
Taxi Taxicab Hackney Cabernet
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