Station
/ˈsteɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA stopping place.
nounA stopping place., A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
Sentence Examples
When I left the train station, I saw a man.
How long does it take to get to the station?
I called the station to enquire about train times.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The train will depart from the central ____ at exactly noon sharp.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to get to the train ____ early so that I don't miss the only express service to the capital today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"'[…] Meanwhile, lest anything should really be amiss, or any malefactor seek to escape by the back, you and the boy must go round the corner with a pair of good sticks, and take your post at the laboratory door. We give you ten minutes, to get to your stations.'"
— 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Last Night”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 80:
"He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps."
— 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
"Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare."
— 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012:
"The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War."
— 2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26:
"When entering a LOAD/SAVE/FORMAT, etc command you not only had to identify the destination of the data (ie, microdrive, network or RS232), but the number of the drive or station too."
— 2012, Colin Woodcock, The ZX Spectrum on Your PC, page 16:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The train will depart from the central ____ at exactly noon sharp.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to get to the train ____ early so that I don't miss the only express service to the capital today.