Meaning Of The Word Station

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station
A bus station is a building, usually in a town or city, where buses stop, usually for a while, so that people can get on or off.
A station is a building by a railway line where trains stop so that people can get on or off.
If you talk about a particular radio or television station, you are referring to the programmes broadcast by a particular radio or television company.
passive verb: If soldiers or officials are stationed in a place, they are sent there to do a job or to work for a period of time.
verb: If you station yourself somewhere, you go there and wait, usually for a particular purpose.

station in American English
the place where a person or thing stands or is located, esp. an assigned post, position, or location
noun: a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located
transitive verb: to assign a station to; place or post in a station or position

station in British English
noun: the place or position at which a thing or person stands or is supposed to stand

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