Taste is one of the five senses that people have. When you have food or drink in your mouth, your sense of taste makes it possible for you to recognize what it is.

The taste of something is the individual quality which it has when you put it in your mouth and which distinguishes it from other things. For example, something may have a sweet, bitter, sour, or salty taste.

If you have a taste of some food or drink, you try a small amount of it in order to see what the flavour is like.

If food or drink tastes of something, it has that particular flavour, which you notice when you eat or drink it.

If you taste some food or drink, you eat or drink a small amount of it in order to try its flavour, for example to see if you like it or not.

If you can taste something that you are eating or drinking, you are aware of its flavour.

If you have a taste of a particular way of life or activity, you have a brief experience of it.

If you taste something such as a way of life or a pleasure, you experience it for a short period of time.

If you have a taste for something, you have a liking or preference for it.

A person's taste is their choice in the things that they like or buy, for example their clothes, possessions, or music. If you say that someone has good taste, you mean that you approve of their choices. If you say that they have poor taste, you disapprove of their choices.

If you say that something that is said or done is in bad taste or in poor taste, you mean that it is offensive, often because it concerns death or sex and is inappropriate for the situation. If you say that something is in good taste, you mean that it is not offensive and that it is appropriate for the situation.

When a recipe tells you to add a particular spice or other flavouring to taste, it means that you can add as much of that ingredient as you like.