stationnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/station noun [ C ] (BUSES/TRAINS)
A1 a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on or off:
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- Shall we get a taxi to the station?
- It's a good half hour's walk to the station from here.
- They hugged each other when they met at the station.
- Is there any possibility that you could pick me up from the station?
- "Can you get me to the station by 11.30?" "No problem."
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Train & bus stations & taxi ranks
- baggage room
- bus shelter
- bus station
- bus stop
- cabstand
- coach station
- depot
- left-luggage office
- platform
- rank
- request stop
- retiring room
- staging post
- stop
- taxi rank
- terminal
- terminus
station noun [ C ] (BROADCASTING)
B1 a company that broadcasts radio or television programmes:
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- We drove past an advert for the local radio station.
- There are plans afoot to launch a new radio station.
- The radio station is on air from 6.00 a.m.
- The newcomer on the radio scene is a commercial station devoted to classical music.
- The radio station received a lot of calls complaining about the show's bad language.
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Broadcasting in general
- airplay
- airtime
- airwaves
- break
- broadcast
- cable
- commentator
- host
- present
- preview
- prime time
- production
- public broadcasting
- public service broadcasting
- radio
- season
- tower
- transmitter
- tune in
- voice-over
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station noun [ C ] (SERVICE)
a building or place used for a particular service or type of work:
a building or place used for a particular service or type of work:
mainly Australian English a large farm with animals in Australia and New Zealand:
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- I bought a pint of milk at the petrol station.
- I spoke to a policeman and he told me to call in at the station.
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Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- grind
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
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station noun [ C ] (POSITION)
a particular position that someone has been ordered to move into or to stay in:
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- core
- direction
- ground zero
- heartland
- location
- oxygen bar
- place
- point
- post
- scene
- seat
- set
- setting
- situation
- spot
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
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Idiom(s)
stationverb [ T + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/to cause especially soldiers to be in a particular place to do a job:
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The armed forces generally
- army
- AWOL
- camouflage
- challenge
- civilian
- deploy
- French Foreign Legion
- march
- military
- mission
- mod
- psych ops
- quick march! idiom
- recce
- reconnaissance
- sealed orders
- soldiering
- the armed forces
- the military-industrial complex
- the National Guard
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