station

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where trains or buses stop so passengers can get on and off.

   The next station is Esperanza.

2. 2
   noun

   A building or place set up for a particular service or purpose.

   They stopped at a gas station to fill up the car.

3. 3
   noun

   A place where people such as police or firefighters are based.

   The police station is opposite the fire station.

4. 4
   verb

   To send someone to a particular place to do a job.

   The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.

Common collocations

• leave the station Verb + noun
• busy station Adjective + noun
• local station Adjective + noun
• main station Adjective + noun
• underground station Adjective + noun
• reach the station Verb + noun

From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).

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