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connected with this   ; j£$ifv7:36: a bus/

coach station /■$:&. HX-tk I■ IdlW-J In Britain,

the word station on its own usually refers to the train station: Can you tell me the way to the station? In the US it is usual to say which station you are talking about: the train station o the Greyhound Bus station 3£|5, station      36: Can you tell me

the way to the station? itHH , station  /X-

36: the train station O the Greyhound Bus station

                FOR WORK/SERVICE I f1 ® / 3 (usually in compounds

itlllnl) a plac® or building where a service is organized and provided or a special type of work is done 36 ; FJf ; M : a police station |||o (BrE) a petrol station jjp 36 0 (NAmE) a gas station tip 36 o an agricultural research station      o a pollution

monitoring station ?§ 9m ifJj 36 —compare space station

                RADIO/TV COMPANY f' ft / ffe M & !J 4 (often in com­pounds a radio or television company

and the programmes it broadcasts Efe         a

local radio/TV station     / ISn o He tuned

to another station.

                SOCIAL POSITION /■ Jill ;   5 (old-fashioned or formal)

your social position    JHfr: She was definitely

getting ideas above her station. M ^ H. tl tfi W la & frcE

                POSITION (>’       6 a place where sb has to wait and

watch or be ready to do work if needed SM tF (ft tv i ; ^ \\L : You are not to leave your station without permission. ^ ft   ff $ &0 —see also

DOCKING STATION

                LARGE FARM      7 (usually in compounds

% ig) a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand (   ft )

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                FOR ARMY/NAVY U/v;         8 a small base for the army

or navy; the people living in it ^ ^ IS ; Si ^ : a naval station % 36 jfa — see also action stations ffiTfll see panic n.

m verb [VN +adv./prep.]

                ARMED FORCES 1 [often passive] to send sb, espe­

cially from one of the armed forces, to work in a place for a period of time M. Si; {■£ Si iL: troops stationed abroad

GO TO POSITION fiij \: 2 ~ sb/yourself ... (formal) to go somewhere and stand or sit there, especially to wait for sth; to send sb somewhere to do this PJ^£t.36 (

^      ( S&h ) : She stationed herself at the

window to await his return.

'station agent noun (NAmE) = stationmaster stationary /'steijanri; NAmE -neri/ adj. 1 not moving; not intended to be moved fft; HI/E:#J; 7

•6f    : I remained stationary. I# § & if] 0 0 The

car collided with a stationary vehicle.

If o 0 a stationary exercise bike 0H ll fr# fiTJa mobile 2 not changing in condition or quantity 7 SIZl static : a stationary population ||

sta tion er /’steijen^r)/ noun (especially BrE) 1 a person who owns or manages a shop selling stationery :3c 2 stationer’s (pi. stationers) a shop that sells stationery : Is there a stationer’s near here?

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stationery /'steijanri; NAmE -neri/ noun [U] 1 mater­ials for writing and for using in an office, for example paper, pens and envelopes jtflr 2 special paper for writing letters on ff £££; ft 31 'station house noun (NAmE) = police station sta tion master /’steijnma:st9(r); NAmE -maes-/ (BrE) (US station agent) noun a person in charge of a train station ( tkX36 ) 36ic

.Station of the 'Cross noun [usually pi.] one of a series of 14 pictures that represent different events that happened on Christ’s journey to the place where he was killed     M 14

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'station wagon noun (NAmE) = estate car stat-ism /'steitizam/ noun [U] a political system in which the central government controls social and economic affairs ;&!!$(ft!] statist adj., noun statistic /sta'tistik/ noun 1 statistics (also informal stats) [pi.] a collection of information shown in numbers i% if WC # ; 0$ Hi Pt : crime/unemployment, etc.

stationery and office supplies

tation wagon noun (NAmE) = estate car stat-ism /'steitizam/ noun [U] a political system in which the central government controls social and economic affairs ;&!!$(ft!]statist adj., noun statistic /sta'tistik/ noun 1 statistics (also informal stats) [pi.] a collection of information shown in numbers i% if WC # ; 0$ Hi Pt : crime/unemployment, etc.