Station Train Place Radio ˈsteɪʃn Extra Examples Bus

• the main station
• euston station
• a train station
• a railway station

station

1. a place where trains stop so that passengers can get on and off; the buildings connected with this
• the main station
• Euston Station
• a train station
• a railway station
• a tube/an underground station
• a subway station
• I get off at the next station.

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• I'm getting off at the next station.
• I'll get a coffee at the station.
• The train was just arriving at the station.
• What time do you need to be at the station?
• The train arrived at Oxford Station twenty minutes late.
• He dropped me in front of the station.
• I'll give you a lift to the station.
• There's a pub opposite the station.
• The train stopped just outside the station.
• The train left the station on time.
• We got to the station just as the train was pulling out.
• Her flat is near Vauxhall station.
• The main station is Birmingham New Street.
• Temple is the name of both a London tube station and a Paris metro station.
• There was an explosion in a subway station.
• There's a newspaper kiosk in the station.
• They met on the station platform.
• There are cash machines on the station concourse.
• There's a taxi rank just by the station entrance.
2. a place where buses stop; the buildings connected with this
• SEE ALSO bus station
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bus-station
• We waited for him at the bus station.
• a coach station
• Victoria Coach Station

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• I bought a newspaper at the bus station.
• The bus station is to the east of the city centre.
• I'll give you a lift to the coach station.
• She was waiting for a taxi outside the coach station.
• The bus leaves the station at 09.00 hours.
3. a place or building where a service is organized and provided or a special type of work is done
• SEE ALSO earth station
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/earth-station
• Report the theft at the nearest police station.
• a petrol station
• a gas station
• a pollution monitoring station
• an agricultural research station

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• There were lines of people waiting at voting stations.
• The first trial crops were grown at secret test stations.
• ‘We've lost audio, Sir,’ announced the officer at the communication station.
• They established an aid station close to the front line.
• There are drinks stations at every mile along the course of the race.
• Humidity and temperature are measured at each station.
• There's a lifeboat station on the promenade.
• plans to locate a waste collection station nearby
• The base station transmits the information to the operator.
• a car rental return station
• a gas station attendant
• They were seen on CCTV on the petrol station forecourt.
• Anyone interested in being a volunteer firefighter should contact the station commander.
• the CIA station chief in Vietnam
4. a radio or television company and the programmes it broadcasts
• a local radio/television/TV station
• He tuned to another station.
• The station broadcasts 24 hours a day.

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• I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio.
• The station airs 14 hours of local news per week.
• You can listen to your favourite station on the move.
• a digital radio station
• The car radio was tuned to a country music station.
• The song is being played on Top 40 stations across the country.
• The campaign was launched on local and national stations.
• The show aired on stations across the country.
• They produce commercials aimed at cable stations.
• They have been interviewed by a French television station.
• a pay-per-view TV station
• a 24-hour news station
• He owns an FM radio station.
• a classical radio station broadcasting on the internet
• The company operates four cable television stations.
5. your social position
• She was definitely getting ideas above her station.
6. a place where somebody has to wait and watch or be ready to do work if needed
• SEE ALSO docking station
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/docking-station
• You are not to leave your station without permission.
7. a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand
8. a small base for the army or navy; the people living in it
• SEE ALSO action stations
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/action-stations
• a naval station
9. a situation in which people feel very anxious and there is a lot of confused activity, especially because there is a lot to do in a short period of time
• It was panic stations when the deadline was brought forward by a week.

Word Origin

• Middle English (as a noun): via Old French from Latin statio(n-), from stare ‘to stand’. Early use referred generally to “position”, especially ‘position in life, status’, and specifically, in ecclesiastical use, to ‘a holy place of pilgrimage (visited as one of a group)’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.