- station
- [[t]ste͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]]
♦♦stations, stationing, stationed1) N-COUNT: oft n N 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...
Businessmen stream into one of Tokyo's main train stations.
2) N-COUNT: n N 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.3) N-COUNT: oft n N 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 UK.
Syn:4) V-PASSIVE 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.[be V-ed prep/adv] Reports from the capital, Lome, say troops are stationed on the streets...
[be V-ed prep/adv] I was stationed there just after the war.
[V-ed] ...United States military personnel stationed in the Philippines.
5) VERB If you station yourself somewhere, you go there and wait, usually for a particular purpose. [FORMAL][V pron-refl prep/adv] The musicians stationed themselves quickly on either side of the stairs...
[V pron-refl prep/adv] He stationed himself at the door.
Syn:6) → See also , gas station, , police station, , service station, , way station
English dictionary. 2008.