station

station
1 /'steISFn/ noun
1 TRAVEL (C)
2
a) a place where public vehicles regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off, goods can be loaded etc: the city bus station | train station especially AmE, railway station BrE: It's time to meet Daddy at the train station. | subway station AmE, underground station BrE (=for trains that run under the ground)
b) the building or buildings at such a place: Is there a waiting room in the station? | Grand Central Station
3 ACTIVITY OR SERVICE (C) a building or place that is a centre for a particular kind of service or activity: (police/fire) station: You'll have to go with the officer to the station. | petrol station BrE, gas station AmE (=where petrol is sold) | polling station (=where you vote in an election) | research station: Frank spent six months at an arctic research station.
—compare action stations
4 BROADCASTING (C)
a) one of the many different signals you can receive on your radio or television, that a company broadcasts on: Tom tuned the radio to a country music station. | get/pick up a station: I can't get many stations on this thing.
b) an organization which makes television or radio broadcasts, or the building where this is done: That woman from the local TV station is here for your interview.
 —compare channel 1 (1, 2)
5 POSITION (C) a place where someone stands or sits in order to be ready to do something quickly if needed: You're not to leave your station unless told.
6 FARMING (C) a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand
7 SOCIAL RANK (C) old-fashioned your position in society: above your station (=higher than your social rank): Don't get ideas above your station.
8 MILITARY (C) a small military establishment
9 SHIPS (U) technical a ship's position in relation to others in a group, especially a military ship
2 verb (transitive usually passive) to put someone in a particular place in order to do a particular job or military duty: He's still in the Army, stationed in Washington. | Two guards were stationed at the back of the room.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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