station
∞
2.0
- noun
- /ˈsteɪʃən/
- We need you back at the station now.
- train station
- police station
- gas station
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Watch on YouTubeYou have to go to weigh stations, you know, that weigh your truck.
- You have to go to weigh stations, you know, that weigh your truck.
- The experimental station is doing a test.
- This train has left the station and there's nothing stopping it.
- I feel like if a guy works at the gas station, I'm with it.
- Get Out, Fruitvale Station, Mad Max Fury Rd.
- I see Fade Station and I need water.
- They do All aboard trains leaving the station, but they don't fuck dinosaurs.
- So Victoria and Simon are a train station in balconies.
- If you want to poop at Grand Central Station, do it.
- So all these all these stations of the cross occur.
Examples
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In a locker in the bus station.
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Grand Central Station could have been easy.
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We want to go from Liverpool Street station to London Zoo.
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It's a local community station for River West Milwaukee.
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Items in a listening station include a CD player or iPods with headphones.
Academic text (2015) -
For Tanaka, the train stations of her hometown were always a prime fixation.
Academic text (2013) -
We arrived at the train station just in time to catch our train.
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The bus station was crowded with travelers waiting for their rides.
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He works at the police station, helping to ensure public safety.
Synonyms
232
1.0
A place where people buy fuel for cars and small items
189
1.0
A building where police work, hold arrested people, and take crime reports
131
3.9
A large place built in space where people live and work for science
119
3.5
A building where passengers begin or end a journey, for example at an airport
96
1.0
A place where trains stop for people and goods to get on and off
66
1.0
A place where buses stop and people wait to get on or off
31
3.2
A building where electricity is made for a town or area
28
1.3
A building where firefighters and fire engines stay and go to fires
25
1.4
A place where underground trains stop to let people on and off
23
3.8
A building where police officers work and keep people they arrest
13
1.8
A place where people fill cars with fuel and get small repairs
13
2.7
A place with instruments and people who measure and record the weather
10
1.3
A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off people and goods
8
3.9
A small stop on a route where people pause before continuing
7
3.2
A building with machines that move water or sewage to other places
6
1.4
A place where people buy fuel for cars and trucks
6
1.5
A place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people and goods
3
1.0
A place where you buy petrol and fill your car
3
3.0
A place where people get food, water, and blankets after a disaster
1
4.4
A place where people watch and record weather, animals, or stars
1
4.4
A building on a hill or tower where people watch for danger
1
6.7
A place on land that gives support and repairs to navy ships
1
2.6
A place where long-distance buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers
Compounds
177
1.3
A place that makes and sends shows you hear on radio or online, like news and music
- Specialized
131
3.9
A large place built in space where people live and work for science
- Specialized
21
7.1
A place often on a ship where sailors or soldiers go to prepare for fighting
- Specialized
13
2.7
A place with instruments and people who measure and record the weather
- Specialized
8
3.7
A device that picks up and sends a signal to make it stronger or reach farther
- Specialized
7
3.2
A building with machines that move water or sewage to other places
1
3.7
A portable rechargeable battery that gives electricity to devices when there is no power
- Specialized
1
4.4
A place where people watch and record weather, animals, or stars
1
9.5
An image in a church showing a part of Jesus's final journey to the place where he died
1
6.3
A place in another country where church workers live to teach and help local people
1
4.5
A marked place where buses or trains stop to pick up and drop off passengers
- Specialized
1
6.0
A place with equipment that makes weak communication signals stronger
- Specialized
A computer terminal connected to a system over a network, not directly
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Etymology
Station comes from the Latin statio, from stare 'to stand', the same root as stand. A train, fire, or gas station is a fixed place where staff and equipment 'stand' ready to work, which is why we use the word for those buildings.