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Word: Station
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (as a noun): via Old French from Latin statio(n-), from stare ‘to stand’. Early use referred generally to ‘position’, especially ‘position in life, status’, and specifically, in ecclesiastical use, to ‘a holy place of pilgrimage (visited as one of a succession’). The verb dates from the late 16th century
ˈsteɪʃn
a place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off
Short Definition:place where passenger trains stop on railway line
Examples:- we walked back to the station and caught the train back to Brussels
- Paddington Station
a place or building where a specified activity or service is based
Short Definition:place or building where specified activity or service is based
Examples:- a research station in the rainforest
- coastal radar stations
a company involved in broadcasting of a specified kind
Short Definition:company involved in broadcasting of specified kind
Examples:- a radio station
the place where someone or something stands or is placed on military or other duty
Short Definition:place where person or thing stands or is placed on military or other duty
Examples:- the lookout resumed his station in the bow
a site at which a particular species, especially an interesting or rare one, grows or is found.
Short Definition:site at which interesting or rare species is found
Word: Station
Speech Type: Verb
ˈsteɪʃn
put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one
Short Definition:put in or assign to specified place for particular purpose
Examples:- troops were stationed in the town
- a young girl had stationed herself by the door
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