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UK
/stˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˈsteɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˈsteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
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a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
the train pulled into the station
he started looking for a gas station - the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
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the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
a soldier manned the entrance post
a sentry station -
proper or designated social situation
he overstepped his place
married above her station
the responsibilities of a man in his station
VERB
- assign to a station
How To Use station In A Sentence
- The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton. Beer: A celebration of craft brewing
- The gestation period from first inquiry to first completed shipment is rarely less than a couple of years.
- Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.
- Most rural stations had a staff of at least six, and perhaps up to a dozen, who them carried out the duties of stationmaster, signalman, booking clerk, ticket collector, porter, shunter, lengthman and lampman.
- Station improvements are being considered for Shenfield while Gidea Park, Harold Wood and Brentwood are in line for platform extensions and station revamps.
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- The food fares well in terms of freshness, quantity and effort, and there's a made-to-order pasta bar and a station where roast beef is carved before your eyes.
- He also worked part-time at a satellite uplink station.
- ‘I'm sure the retained men are not valued as highly but they work 12 hours and then are on call - if those bleepers go then they have to race to the station, perhaps to save someone's life,’ he said.
- A new train station and a footbridge across the river are also part of the project, which aims to rejuvenate the riverside area.