station

From Wiktionary
station is on the Basic English 850 List.
statement - station - steam
station is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
state - station - stay

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

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.

Related words[change]

Verb[change]

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.