station

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noun

1 place where trains/buses stop

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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), staff

PREPOSITION

▪ 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 company

ADJECTIVE

▪ radio, television, TV

▪ foreign, local

▪ digital, FM, pirate

▪ a digital radio station

▪ cable, satellite

▪ commercial

▪ news

VERB + STATION

▪ get, pick up, tune in to, tune to

▪ I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio.

▪ listen to

▪ operate, run

STATION + 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 organized

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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, weather

VERB + STATION

▪ operate, run

▪ close, open

STATION + 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)

▪ The meeting had to be abandoned after local fire station officer, Dave Temple, was called away to a fire.
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verb

Station is used with these nouns as the object: ↑guard, ↑troops

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Synonyms:

Place, position, post, location, situation / Office, function, business, employment, sphere of duty, occupation / Rank, standing, character, state, degree, condition, status / Station-house, railway station, depot, Place, locate, post, fix, establish, set

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Station — Sta tion (st[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F., fr. L. statio, from stare, statum, to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture. [R.] [1913 Webster] A station like the herald, Mercury. Shak. [1913 Webster] Their… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Station 17 — ist eine Musikband aus Hamburg. Sie besteht aus behinderten und nicht behinderten Musikern und wurde 1988 von Bewohnern der Wohngruppe 17 der Evangelischen Stiftung Alsterdorf, professionellen Musikern und von Kai Boysen gegründet, um im Rahmen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
StAtion — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda stAtion Desarrolladora(s) Albarji Productions Distribuidora(s) … Wikipedia Español
Station X — may refer to:* The code name for a covert radio transmission station co located with the Government Code Cypher School at Bletchley Park. *Station X (TV Series), the animated series about six young people produced by Teletoon *Station X is the… … Wikipedia
Station — Sta tion (st[=a] sh[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stationed} ( sh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stationing}.] To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Station X — Titre original Station X Genre Série d animation Pays d’origine Canada Chaîne d’origine Télétoon Nombre de saisons … Wikipédia en Français
Station — (station; station; stazione), von dem Lateinischen »statio«, eigentlich das Anhalten oder Stehenbleiben aus vorhergehender Bewegung, im Eisenbahnwesen außer dieser Bedeutung (z.B. »der Zug macht S. in ...«) in 2 übertragenen Bedeutungen: 1. Zur… … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
Station — (v. lat.), 1) das Stehen, der Stand, Aufenthalt, Standort; 2) eine Anstellung, durch welche man zu etwas höhern, als gewöhnlichen Diensten verbunden ist; 3) im Postwesen der Ort, wo die Pferde gewechselt werden; im Eisenbahnwesen die größeren… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Station — (lat.), Aufenthalts , Standort; auf Reisen, im Post und Eisenbahnwesen Ort, wo angehalten wird (s. Haltestellen); daher auch bei Wallfahrtsorten Bezeichnung für die durch Kreuze, Bildstöcke, Kapellen etc. bezeichneten Stellen, wo die Prozessionen … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Station — (lat.), Aufenthalts , Standort; Anhaltepunkt; auch Stelle, Amt; bei kath. Prozessionen Stillstandsorte zur Verrichtung der Andacht, bezeichnet durch Kapellen, Betsäulen etc.; Stationär, stillstehend; festgestellt, bleibend; stationieren, wohin… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Station — Station, lat. dtsch., Stand, Standort; bei der Post der Platz, wo die Pferde gewechselt werden oder wo die Eisenbahn anhält, dann die Entfernung 2 solcher Plätze, Landungsplatz, Posten, Amt; S.är, stillstehend, bleibend; S. arius, früher der Name … Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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