Meaning of STATION in English


transcription, транскрипция: [ steɪʃ(ə)n ]

( stations, stationing, stationed)



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


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. independent local radio station...

It claims to be the most popular television station in the UK.

N-COUNT : oft n N


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


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


see also fire station , gas station , petrol station , police station , power station , service station , space station , way station
