Station

  • 31station — n. & v. n. 1 a a regular stopping place on a railway line, with a platform and usu. administrative buildings. b these buildings (see also bus station, coach station). 2 a place or building etc. where a person or thing stands or is placed, esp.… …

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  • 32STATION — s. f. Pause, demeure de peu de durée qu on fait dans un lieu. Je ne suis pas resté longtemps dans cet endroit, je n y ai fait qu une station. Pendant notre voyage, il écrivait une lettre à chaque station.   Il se dit particulièrement en parlant… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 33station — /ˈsteɪʃən / (say stayshuhn) noun 1. a position assigned for standing or remaining in; the place in which anything stands. 2. the place at which something stops; a regular stopping place, as on a transport line. 3. the building or buildings… …

  • 34station — stational, adj. /stay sheuhn/, n. 1. a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located. 2. a stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers. 3. the building or buildings at such a… …

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  • 35station — I UK [ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms station : singular station plural stations *** 1) a building or place where buses, trains, or other public vehicles stop so that passengers can get on or off It was dark when we arrived at the… …

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  • 36station — sta|tion1 [ steıʃn ] noun count *** ▸ 1 where vehicles stop ▸ 2 where service is based ▸ 3 for radio/television ▸ 4 where someone waits to do something ▸ 5 position in society ▸ 6 small military base ▸ 7 large sheep/cattle farm 1. ) a building or …

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  • 37Station — Krankenstation; Bahnhof; Halt; Haltestelle; Haltepunkt; Verkehrsstation * * * Sta|ti|on [ʃta ts̮i̯o:n], die; , en: 1. Haltestelle für öffentliche Verkehrsmittel oder [kleinerer] Bahnhof: an, bei der nächsten Station müssen wir aussteigen. Syn.: ↑ …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 38Station — Sta·ti·on [ tsi̯oːn] die; , en; 1 ein Platz, an dem Züge und andere öffentliche Verkehrsmittel regelmäßig halten, damit die Leute ein und aussteigen können <bei der nächsten Station aussteigen, umsteigen; drei Stationen (weit) fahren; ein Zug… …

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  • 39station — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stacioun, from Anglo French estation, statiun, from Latin station , statio, from stare to stand more at stand Date: 14th century 1. a. the place or position in which something or someone stands or is assigned to… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 40station — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. place, position; office, situation, rank, standing; depot, terminal; headquarters, stopping place, post. See location, repute, business, class. v. t. set, place, assign, post. See location. II (Roget… …

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