taste
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
tastes
plural
tastes
Britannica Dictionary definition of TASTE
1
[count]
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the sweet, sour, bitter, or salty quality of a thing that you can sense when it is in your mouth
:
the flavor that you can taste when you eat or drink something
— sometimes used figuratively
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The wine had a slightly bitter taste.
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She likes the taste of apples and cinnamon.
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I detected a strong taste of ginger in the sauce.
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The experience left a bad taste in my mouth. [=the experience made me feel bad, disgusted, etc.]
2
[noncount]
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the ability to notice or recognize flavors when you eat or drink
:
the ability to taste things
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The food was very pleasing to the taste. [=the food tasted very good]
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The illness affected her sense of taste.
3
[count]
:
a small amount of food or drink that you have in order to see how it tastes
— usually singular
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May I have a taste of your ice cream?
4
[singular]
:
something (such as a brief experience) that gives you some knowledge about what something is like
— usually + of
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It was her first taste of success.
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That first storm was just a taste of things to come. [=that storm was followed by many other storms]
5
:
the feelings that each person has about what is appealing, attractive, etc.
:
the feelings that cause someone to like or not like something
—
see also acquired taste at acquire
[noncount]
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He has no/little taste for gossip. [=he does not like gossip]
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The movie was not to their taste. [=they did not like the movie]
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The movie is intended to appeal to popular taste. [=to be liked by many or most people]
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Whether you like the music or not is purely a matter of taste. [=a matter of opinion]
[count]
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She has developed/acquired a taste for Italian wine.
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Different people have different tastes.
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They have expensive tastes. [=they like expensive things]
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The store has something to suit all tastes.
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The music is too loud for my taste. [=the music is louder than I prefer it to be]
6
[noncount]
a
:
the ability to choose what is appealing, attractive, appropriate, or enjoyable
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She is a person of taste.
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The way he dresses shows that he has no taste.
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She has good/poor taste in music.
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The room was decorated with taste. [=the room was tastefully decorated]
b
— used in phrases to say that something (such as a person's speech or behavior) is or is not proper and acceptable
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I think the joke he told was in (very) bad/poor taste. [=was offensive]
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Some people felt that her behavior wasn't in good taste.
a taste of your own medicine
to taste
:
in an amount that results in the taste that you want
— used in recipes to indicate how much salt, pepper, etc., should be added to food
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Salt the stew to taste.
2
taste
/ˈteɪst/
verb
tastes;
tasted;
tasting
2
taste
/ˈteɪst/
verb
tastes;
tasted;
tasting
Britannica Dictionary definition of TASTE
1
not used in progressive tenses,
[linking verb]
:
to have a particular taste
— sometimes + of
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This milk tastes sour.
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The pie tasted too sweet.
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The wine tastes like vinegar.
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This sauce tastes good/bad.
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a sweet-tasting fruit
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The salad tastes of garlic.
2
[+ object]
a
:
to sense the flavor of (something that you are eating or drinking)
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She said there was garlic in the sauce, but I couldn't really taste it.
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Have you ever tasted anything so delicious?
b
:
to put a small amount of (food or drink) in your mouth in order to find out what its flavor is
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I tasted the tea and put more sugar in it.
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She offered to taste the wine.
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He tasted the tea to see if it was sweet enough.
3
[+ object]
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to experience (something)
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She talked about the day when she first tasted the joy of flying.
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He has tasted the frustration of defeat.
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The team has yet to taste victory/defeat.
