transcription, транскрипция: [ steɪʃ(ə)n ]
( stations, stationing, stationed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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...
N-COUNT : oft n N
2.
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.
N-COUNT : n N
3.
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.
N-COUNT : oft n N
4.
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...
V-PASSIVE : be V-ed prep / adv
5.
If you station yourself somewhere, you go there and wait, usually for a particular purpose. ( FORMAL )
The musicians stationed themselves quickly on either side of the stairs...
= position
VERB : V pron-refl prep / adv
6.
see also fire station , gas station , petrol station , police station , power station , service station , space station , way station