station

station is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular station

Plural stations

A railway (train) station in Copenhagen, Denmark

1. (countable) A station is a place where many trains or buses stop and people buy tickets and get on.
2. (countable) A station is a place where a person stays in one place and works.

Synonyms

• terminal

Related words

• fire station

Verb

Plain form station

Third-person singular stations

Past tense stationed

Past participle stationed

Present participle stationing

1. If you station someone, you place them to do a task.