station
♦♦ sta|tion /st'eɪʃən/ (stations stationing stationed)
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A station is a building by a railway line where trains stop so that people can get on or off.
Ingrid went with him to the railway station to see him off...
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A bus station is a building, usually in a town or city, where buses stop, usually for a while, so that people can get on or off.
3 [N-COUNT] oft n N
If you talk about a particular radio or television station, you are referring to the programmes broadcast by a particular radio or television company.
...an independent local radio station...
It claims to be the most popular television station in the UK.
4 [V-PASSIVE] be V-ed prep/adv
If soldiers or officials are stationed in a place, they are sent there to do a job or to work for a period of time.
Reports from the capital, Lome, say troops are stationed on the streets...
5 [VERB] V pron-refl prep/adv
If you station yourself somewhere, you go there and wait, usually for a particular purpose. (FORMAL)
The musicians stationed themselves quickly on either side of the stairs...
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see also fire station, gas station, police station, police station, power station,
service station, space station, coach sta|tion (coach stations)
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A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys. (BRIT; in AM, use bus station)fill|ing sta|tion (filling stations)
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A filling station is a place where you can buy petrol and oil for your car. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use gas station)fire sta|tion (fire stations)
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A fire station is a building where fire engines are kept, and where firefighters wait until they are called to put out a fire.gas sta|tion (gas stations)
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A gas station is a place where you can buy fuel for your car. (AM; in BRIT, use petrol station)pet|rol sta|tion (petrol stations)
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A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles. (BRIT; in AM, use gas station)po|lice sta|tion (police stations)
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A police station is the local office of a police force in a particular area.
Two police officers arrested him and took him to Kensington police station.poll|ing sta|tion (polling stations)
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A polling station is a place where people go to vote at an election. It is often a school or other public building. (BRIT; in AM, use polling place)
Queues formed even before polling stations opened.pow|er sta|tion (power stations)
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A power station is a place where electricity is produced.
= power plantser|vice sta|tion (service stations)
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A service station is a place that sells things such as petrol, oil, and spare parts. Service stations often sell food, drink, and other goods.
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A service station is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal. (BRIT; in AM, use rest area)space sta|tion (space stations)
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A space station is a place built for astronauts to live and work in, which is sent into space and then keeps going around the earth.sta|tion wag|on (station wagons)
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A station wagon is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats. (AM; in BRIT, use estate car)way sta|tion (way stations)
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A way station is a place where people stop to eat and rest when they are on a long journey.
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A way station is a small station between two large stations on a railway. (AM)weath|er sta|tion (weather stations)
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A weather station is a place where facts about the weather are recorded and studied.
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A station is a building by a railway line where trains stop so that people can get on or off.
Ingrid went with him to the railway station to see him off...
2 [N-COUNT] n N
A bus station is a building, usually in a town or city, where buses stop, usually for a while, so that people can get on or off.
3 [N-COUNT] oft n N
If you talk about a particular radio or television station, you are referring to the programmes broadcast by a particular radio or television company.
...an independent local radio station...
It claims to be the most popular television station in the UK.
4 [V-PASSIVE] be V-ed prep/adv
If soldiers or officials are stationed in a place, they are sent there to do a job or to work for a period of time.
Reports from the capital, Lome, say troops are stationed on the streets...
5 [VERB] V pron-refl prep/adv
If you station yourself somewhere, you go there and wait, usually for a particular purpose. (FORMAL)
The musicians stationed themselves quickly on either side of the stairs...
= position
6
see also fire station, gas station, police station, police station, power station,
service station, space station, coach sta|tion (coach stations)
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A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys. (BRIT; in AM, use bus station)fill|ing sta|tion (filling stations)
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A filling station is a place where you can buy petrol and oil for your car. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use gas station)fire sta|tion (fire stations)
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A fire station is a building where fire engines are kept, and where firefighters wait until they are called to put out a fire.gas sta|tion (gas stations)
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A gas station is a place where you can buy fuel for your car. (AM; in BRIT, use petrol station)pet|rol sta|tion (petrol stations)
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A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles. (BRIT; in AM, use gas station)po|lice sta|tion (police stations)
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A police station is the local office of a police force in a particular area.
Two police officers arrested him and took him to Kensington police station.poll|ing sta|tion (polling stations)
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A polling station is a place where people go to vote at an election. It is often a school or other public building. (BRIT; in AM, use polling place)
Queues formed even before polling stations opened.pow|er sta|tion (power stations)
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A power station is a place where electricity is produced.
= power plantser|vice sta|tion (service stations)
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A service station is a place that sells things such as petrol, oil, and spare parts. Service stations often sell food, drink, and other goods.
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A service station is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal. (BRIT; in AM, use rest area)space sta|tion (space stations)
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A space station is a place built for astronauts to live and work in, which is sent into space and then keeps going around the earth.sta|tion wag|on (station wagons)
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A station wagon is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats. (AM; in BRIT, use estate car)way sta|tion (way stations)
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A way station is a place where people stop to eat and rest when they are on a long journey.
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A way station is a small station between two large stations on a railway. (AM)weath|er sta|tion (weather stations)
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A weather station is a place where facts about the weather are recorded and studied.