Station - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsteɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word station
Brit.  |ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word station

noun

- a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
he started looking for a gas station
the train pulled into the station
- proper or designated social situation (syn: place)
the responsibilities of a man in his station
married above her station
- (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand (syn: post)
a sentry station
- the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station

verb

- assign to a station (syn: place, post, send)

Extra examples

They drove him to the bus station.

The waiters were at their stations in the dining room.

The sailors were ordered to man their battle stations.

He had married above his station.

They were aware of her station in life.

I placed myself on my former station.

He took up a convenient station.

They returned to their several stations.

Ingrid went with him to the railway station to see him off.

His life is a progress, and not a station.

The troops were stationed near London.

I want to get off at the next station.

Grand Central Station

Is there a waiting room in the station?

New York jazz station WBGO

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: station
he/she/it: stations
present participle: stationing
past tense: stationed
past participle: stationed
noun
singular: station
plural: stations
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