Meaning

3 senses

  1. (passive, transitive, usually)To put in place to perform a task.

    The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.

    I was stationed on the pier.

    postieren

  2. (transitive)To put in place to perform military duty.

    They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.

    I was stationed at Fort Richie.

    stationieren

  3. (slang, transitive)To play in the manner of a calling station.

    assign to a station

Examples

2820 sentences

  1. The station is two miles away.

    Станція знаходиться у двох мілях звідси. — deniko

    ruСтанция в трёх километрах отсюда. — marafon

    deDer Bahnhof ist zwei Meilen entfernt. — Dejo

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  2. Tom arrived late at the station.

    Том приїхав на станцію запізно. — deniko

    ruТом поздно приехал на станцию. — sharptoothed

    deTom kam zu spät zum Bahnhof. — Dejo

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  3. We just arrived at the station.

    Ми щойно прибули на станцію. — deniko

    deWir sind gerade am Bahnhof angekommen. — virgil

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  4. My house is near the station.

    Мій будинок знаходиться неподалік від залізничної станції. — rmdas

    deMein Haus liegt in der Nähe des Bahnhofs. — MUIRIEL

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  5. I joined him at the station.

    Я приєднався до нього на станції. — deniko

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 2
put in place to perform a task:
put in place to perform military duty:

Origin

From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, a

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).

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Forms

stations, stationing, stationed, stationed
Base formstation · to station
3rd person singularstations
Present participlestationing
Past simplestationed
Past participlestationed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystation
he, she, itstations

Past simpleLesson

all personsstationed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stationed
he, she, ithas stationed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill station

Synonyms

26 synonyms
anchorC1appointB1baseB1depositB2embedC2establishA2fixB1graftC1installB1loadB2locateB1placeB1positionA2postA2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
displaceB2removeB1

Word family

3 related words
RelatedmoveA2
Derivedmisstationrestation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • to the station
  • at the station
  • the train station
  • train station
  • of the station
  • the police station
  • near the station
  • the station at
  • from the station
  • the station to
  • the next station
  • station to see

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
statewideB2staticstationarystationerystatistic
station — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto