- station
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 place where trains/buses stopADJECTIVE▪ rail, railroad (AmE), railway (BrE), train▪ bus, coach (BrE)▪ metro, subway (AmE), tube (BrE), underground (BrE)▪ next▪
We get off at the next station.
VERB + STATION▪ get to, go to▪We got to the station just as the train was pulling out.
▪ leave▪The bus leaves the station at 09.00 hours.
▪ arrive at▪The train arrived at Pisa station twenty minutes late.
STATION + NOUN▪ building▪ platform▪ car park (BrE), parking lot (AmE)▪ agent (AmE), manager (BrE), master (usually stationmaster) (BrE, old-fashioned), staffPREPOSITION▪ at a/the station▪He got off at the same station.
▪We waited for him at the bus station.
▪ in a/the station▪There's a newspaper kiosk in the station.
2 radio/television companyADJECTIVE▪ radio, television, TV▪ foreign, local▪ digital, FM, pirate▪a digital radio station
▪ cable, satellite▪ commercial▪ newsVERB + STATION▪ get, pick up, tune in to, tune to▪I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio.
▪ listen to▪ operate, runSTATION + VERB▪ air sth, broadcast sth, play sth▪The station airs 14 hours of local news per week.
STATION + NOUN▪ manager (esp. AmE)3 place/building where service is organizedADJECTIVE▪ ambulance (esp. BrE), fire, lifeboat (BrE), police▪ polling▪I went into a polling station and cast my vote.
▪ power▪ filling, gas (AmE), petrol (BrE), service▪ service (BrE), way (often figurative, esp. AmE)▪We stopped for a break at a motorway service station.
▪The UK post was a way station to retirement.
▪ earth, space▪ radar, tracking, weatherVERB + STATION▪ operate, run▪ close, openSTATION + NOUN▪ house (AmE)▪The police led me into the station house.
▪ forecourt (BrE)▪a petrol station forecourt
▪ attendant, manager, owner▪a petrol station attendant (BrE)
▪a gas station attendant (AmE)
▪ chief (AmE)▪the CIA station chief in Vietnam
▪ commander, officer (both esp. BrE)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The meeting had to be abandoned after local fire station officer, Dave Temple, was called away to a fire.
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Collocations dictionary. 2013.