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Stationed Station Radio Television Railway People Noun Building

word station
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noun
A station is a building by a railway line where trains stop so that people can get on or off.
Ingrid went with him to the railway station to see him off.
A bus station is a building, usually in a town or city, where buses stop, usually for a while, so that people can get on or off.
If you talk about a particular radio or television station, you are referring to the programmes broadcast by a particular radio or television company .
...an independent local radio station.
It claims to be the most popular television station in the U.K.
verb
If soldiers or officials are stationed in a place, they are sent there to do a job or to work for a period of time.
Reports from the capital, Lome, say troops are stationed on the streets.
I was stationed there just after the war.
...United States military personnel stationed in the Philippines.
If you station yourself somewhere, you go there and wait, usually for a particular purpose.
The musicians stationed themselves quickly on either side of the stairs.
He stationed himself at the door.
inflections stationsstationingstationed
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