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{ "term": "station", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a place where trains stop so that passengers can get on and off; the buildings connected with this", "sensetop": "at a station", "labels": "(British English also)(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the main station" }, { "text": "Euston Station" }, { "text": "a **train station**" }, { "text": "a **railway station**" }, { "text": "**a tube/an underground station**" }, { "text": "a **subway station**" }, { "text": "I get off at the next station.", "contextForm": "at a station" }, { "text": "I'm getting off at the next station." }, { "text": "I'll get a coffee at the station." }, { "text": "The train was just arriving at the station." }, { "text": "What time do you need to be at the station?" }, { "text": "The train arrived at Oxford Station twenty minutes late." }, { "text": "He dropped me in front of the station." }, { "text": "I'll give you a lift to the station." }, { "text": "There's a pub opposite the station." }, { "text": "The train stopped just outside the station." }, { "text": "The train left the station on time." }, { "text": "We got to the station just as the train was pulling out." }, { "text": "Her flat is near Vauxhall station." }, { "text": "The main station is Birmingham New Street." }, { "text": "Temple is the name of both a London tube station and a Paris metro station." }, { "text": "There was an explosion in a subway station." }, { "text": "There's a newspaper kiosk in the station." }, { "text": "They met on the station platform." }, { "text": "There are cash machines on the station concourse." }, { "text": "There's a taxi rank just by the station entrance." } ], "topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Buildings"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["rail", "railroad", "railway"], "verb + station": ["get to", "go to", "leave"], "station + noun": ["building", "platform", "car park"], "preposition": ["at a/the station", "in a/the station"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a place where buses stop; the buildings connected with this", "labels": "(British English also)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We waited for him at the **bus station**." }, { "text": "a coach station" }, { "text": "Victoria Coach Station" }, { "text": "I bought a newspaper at the bus station." }, { "text": "The bus station is to the east of the city centre." }, { "text": "I'll give you a lift to the coach station." }, { "text": "She was waiting for a taxi outside the coach station." }, { "text": "The bus leaves the station at 09.00 hours." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["rail", "railroad", "railway"], "verb + station": ["get to", "go to", "leave"], "station + noun": ["building", "platform", "car park"], "preposition": ["at a/the station", "in a/the station"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a place or building where a service is organized and provided or a special type of work is done", "labels": "(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Report the theft at the nearest **police station**." }, { "text": "a **petrol station**" }, { "text": "a **gas station**" }, { "text": "a pollution monitoring station" }, { "text": "an agricultural research station" }, { "text": "There were lines of people waiting at voting stations." }, { "text": "The first trial crops were grown at secret test stations." }, { "text": "‘We've lost audio, Sir,’ announced the officer at the communication station." }, { "text": "They established an aid station close to the front line." }, { "text": "There are drinks stations at every mile along the course of the race." }, { "text": "Humidity and temperature are measured at each station." }, { "text": "There's a lifeboat station on the promenade." }, { "text": "plans to locate a waste collection station nearby" }, { "text": "The base station transmits the information to the operator." }, { "text": "a car rental return station" }, { "text": "a gas station attendant" }, { "text": "They were seen on CCTV on the petrol station forecourt." }, { "text": "Anyone interested in being a volunteer firefighter should contact the station commander." }, { "text": "the CIA station chief in Vietnam" } ], "topics": ["Law and justice"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["ambulance", "fire", "lifeboat"], "verb + station": ["operate", "run", "close"], "station + noun": ["house", "forecourt", "attendant"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a radio or television company and the programmes it broadcasts", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a local **radio/television/TV station**" }, { "text": "He tuned to another station." }, { "text": "The **station broadcasts** 24 hours a day." }, { "text": "I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio." }, { "text": "The station airs 14 hours of local news per week." }, { "text": "You can listen to your favourite station on the move." }, { "text": "a digital radio station" }, { "text": "The car radio was tuned to a country music station." }, { "text": "The song is being played on Top 40 stations across the country." }, { "text": "The campaign was launched on local and national stations." }, { "text": "The show aired on stations across the country." }, { "text": "They produce commercials aimed at cable stations." }, { "text": "They have been interviewed by a French television station." }, { "text": "a pay-per-view TV station" }, { "text": "a 24-hour news station" }, { "text": "He owns an FM radio station." }, { "text": "a classical radio station broadcasting on the internet" }, { "text": "The company operates four cable television stations." } ], "topics": ["TV, radio and news"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"], "verb + station": ["get", "pick up", "tune in to"], "station + verb": [ "air something", "broadcast something", "play something" ], "station + noun": ["manager"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "your social position", "sensetop": "above your station", "labels": "(old-fashioned or formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "She was definitely getting ideas above her station.", "contextForm": "above your station" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a place where somebody has to wait and watch or be ready to do work if needed", "examples": [ { "text": "You are not to leave your station without permission." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Farming"] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a small base for the army or navy; the people living in it", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "a naval station" } ], "topics": ["War and conflict"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a situation in which people feel very anxious and there is a lot of confused activity, especially because there is a lot to do in a short period of time", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "It was panic stations when the deadline was brought forward by a week." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪʃn/", "audio": "st/station/station__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪʃn/", "audio": "st/station/station__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "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 group)’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent." }