station
[noun]
Synonyms:
- headquarters, base, depot
- place, location, position, post, seat, situation
- position, post, rank, situation, standing, status
[verb]
Synonyms:
- assign, establish, install, locate, post, set

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Related Words: appoint, assign, place, position

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English Thesaurus: station, terminus, track, platform, ticket office, ...

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I. sta‧tion¹ S1 W1 /ˈsteɪʃən/ noun
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin statio 'place for standing or stopping', from stare 'to stand']

1. TRAIN/BUS [countable] a place where trains or buses regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off, goods can be loaded etc, or the buildings at such a place ⇒ terminus:
I want to get off at the next station.
Grand Central Station
Is there a waiting room in the station?
train station/railway station British English
the city bus station

2. CENTRE FOR A SERVICE OR ACTIVITY [countable] a building or place that is a centre for a particular kind of service or activity:
a police station
a fire station
petrol station British English gas station American English (=where petrol is sold)
polling station (=where you vote in an election)
an Antarctic research station ⇒ action stations

3. RADIO/TV [countable] an organization which makes television or radio broadcasts, or the building where this is done:
New York jazz station WBGO
a local TV station

4. SOCIAL RANK [countable] old-fashioned your position in society:
Karen was definitely getting ideas above her station (=higher than her social rank).

5. POSITION [countable] formal a place where someone stands or sits in order to be ready to do something quickly if needed:
You’re not to leave your station unless told.

6. FARM [countable] a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand

7. ARMY/NAVY [countable] a small military establishment:
an isolated naval station

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II. station² verb [transitive usually passive]

1. to send someone in the military to a particular place for a period of time as part of their military duty Synonym : post:
I was stationed overseas at the time.

2. formal to move to a particular place and stand or sit there, especially in order to be able to do something quickly, or to cause someone to do this:
A security guard was stationed near the door.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

station
noun
I. where trains stop
ADJ. next We get off at the next station.
railway, train | metro, subway, tube, underground
VERB + STATION get to, go to We got to the station just as the train was pulling out.
leave | arrive at The train arrived at Oxford Station twenty minutes late.
STATION + NOUN platform
PREP. at a/the ~ He got off at the same station.
in a/the ~ There's a newspaper kiosk in the station.

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station
II. where buses/coaches begin and end journeys
ADJ. bus, coach
VERB + STATION leave The coach leaves the station at 0900 hours.
arrive at
PREP. at a/the ~ We waited for him at the coach station.

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station
III. radio/television company
ADJ. radio, television/TV | foreign, local | cable, satellite | commercial
VERB + STATION get, pick up, tune (in) to I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio.
listen to

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station a place where trains or buses regularly stop:
The town has its own railway station.
Paddington Station in west London
the bus station
terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line:
We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus.
the railway terminus in central Calcutta
track [usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from:
The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.
platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from:
Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.
ticket office (also booking office British English) the place at a station where tickets are sold:
You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.
departures board British English (also departure board American English) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave:
The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.

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