station

station
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noun
1 place where trains/buses stop
ADJECTIVE
rail, railroad (AmE), railway (BrE), train
bus, coach (BrE)
metro, subway (AmE), tube (BrE), underground (BrE)
next

We get off at the next station.

VERB + STATION
get to, go to

We got to the station just as the train was pulling out.

leave

The bus leaves the station at 09.00 hours.

arrive at

The train arrived at Pisa station twenty minutes late.

STATION + NOUN
building
platform
car park (BrE), parking lot (AmE)
agent (AmE), manager (BrE), master (usually stationmaster) (BrE, old-fashioned), staff
PREPOSITION
at a/the station

He got off at the same station.

We waited for him at the bus station.

in a/the station

There's a newspaper kiosk in the station.

2 radio/television company
ADJECTIVE
radio, television, TV
foreign, local
digital, FM, pirate

a digital radio station

cable, satellite
commercial
news
VERB + STATION
get, pick up, tune in to, tune to

I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio.

listen to
operate, run
STATION + VERB
air sth, broadcast sth, play sth

The station airs 14 hours of local news per week.

STATION + NOUN
manager (esp. AmE)
3 place/building where service is organized
ADJECTIVE
ambulance (esp. BrE), fire, lifeboat (BrE), police
polling

I went into a polling station and cast my vote.

power
filling, gas (AmE), petrol (BrE), service
service (BrE), way (often figurative, esp. AmE)

We stopped for a break at a motorway service station.

The UK post was a way station to retirement.

earth, space
radar, tracking, weather
VERB + STATION
operate, run
close, open
STATION + NOUN
house (AmE)

The police led me into the station house.

forecourt (BrE)

a petrol station forecourt

attendant, manager, owner

a petrol station attendant (BrE)

a gas station attendant (AmE)

chief (AmE)

the CIA station chief in Vietnam

commander, officer (both esp. BrE)

The meeting had to be abandoned after local fire station officer, Dave Temple, was called away to a fire.

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verb
Station is used with these nouns as the object: ↑guard, ↑troops

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