station meaning
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[ˈsteɪʃən] 
US UK WStation
- Station may refer to:
- NounPLstationsSUF-ation
- OBS The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
- (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- A stopping place.
- The next station is Esperanza.
- It's right across from the bus station.
- From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor.
- All ships are on station, Admiral.
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
- A place where workers are stationed.
- The police station is opposite the fire station.
- The waitress was at her station preparing three checks.
- She had a boyfriend at the station.
- I used to work at a radio station.
- There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around, / that the colt from old Regret had got away,
- One of the Stations of the Cross.
- The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- Standing; rank; position.
- She had ambitions beyond her station.
- A broadcasting entity.
- I used to listen to that radio station.
- (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- OBS The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
- VerbSGstationsPRstationingPT, PPstationed
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
- I was tired of talk radio so I tuned out of that station and tuned into one playing all music.
- She motions with the needle across the station to the paralysed, slack-handed clock.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- "Singing is the oldest, most effective and productive way to tackle girls," asserted the 37-year old, affectionately known as Ah Guan at Tan Chang Ren Music Station.
- Be on your guard against pickpockets in the railway station.
- This train will be going out of service at the next station.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of station for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "station" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Nouns
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