station
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈsteɪʃən/
- Specialized
- Several studies of television news established that local stations introduced extended newscasts, thirty minutes and longer, before the networks.
- a radio station
- a television station
- a news station
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it's also the hometown of our station, WCBSCBS, too.
- And it's also the hometown of our station, WCBSCBS, too.
- Well, what if you turn that dial to a station you actually like?
- Oh my God, with local news station WRGB.
- So a pirate radio station is a station that is illegal.
- Let's say they sell your movie to a, you know, a cable station in Greece.
- They're going to still have the station in their car on in the weekends.
- I mean, local TV stations are doing stories about it.
- It wouldn't matter which station had the initial right to broadcast.
- So I go up to the disc jockey station, say what I want.
- And none of my affiliates or the people at the public broadcast station PBS.
Examples
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Has anybody talked to the news stations?
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I mean, local TV stations are doing stories about it.
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If you want a song played, call the radio station right now.
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Well, what if you turn that dial to a station you actually like?
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Well, Cook sent a letter to the station saying I'm demand free, equal time.
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I'm gonna turn on the college station.
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There's this one station I listen to.
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It wouldn't matter which station had the initial right to broadcast.
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At least nine local stations introduced a forty-five-minute evening newscast well before the network expansion.
Academic text (2017) -
The local radio station broadcasts news every hour.
Synonyms
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1.6
A television station that shows programs like news
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3.7
The radio and television signals that carry programs to many people
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1.1
A television station and the programs it shows
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4.1
A range of waves used to send wireless signals, for example in radios or phones
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2.1
A TV station that shows programs on one number
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4.0
A band of radio waves used for TV, mobile phones, and two-way radios
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4.5
Radio signals used for television, radio, and short-range communication
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4.2
A range of radio waves used for one purpose, like TV or radio
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5.3
A frequency used to send radio and television programs
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5.6
Working with radio waves to send or receive wireless signals
Compounds
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A place that makes and sends shows you hear on radio or online, like news and music
- Specialized
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3.9
A large place built in space where people live and work for science
- Specialized
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7.1
A place often on a ship where sailors or soldiers go to prepare for fighting
- Specialized
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2.7
A place with instruments and people who measure and record the weather
- Specialized
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3.7
A device that picks up and sends a signal to make it stronger or reach farther
- Specialized
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3.2
A building with machines that move water or sewage to other places
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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
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9.5
An image in a church showing a part of Jesus's final journey to the place where he died
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A place in another country where church workers live to teach and help local people
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4.5
A marked place where buses or trains stop to pick up and drop off passengers
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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 word statio, from stare which means 'to stand', the same root as stand. Think of a radio or TV station as a place where equipment and people 'stand' to send a signal, which is why the word means a fixed place for broadcasting.