station
/ˈsteɪʃən/ verb C1- 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.
- To put in place to perform military duty. · They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.· I was stationed at Fort Richie.
- To play in the manner of a calling station.
He/she/it stations · Past stationed · Past participle stationed · -ing form stationing
Verb forms
- Base form
- station
- He/she/it
- stations
- Past
- stationed
- Past participle
- stationed
- -ing form
- stationing
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But I’m allowed to meet her with a cab at the Grand Central Station to-morrow evening at the 8.30 train.
At the station he captured Miss Lantry out of the gadding mob at eight thirty-two.
Now, before we go on to the station here’s a note I was asked to hand you.
Think of dressing every day for dinner, of making half a dozen calls in an afternoon—with a policeman at every corner ready to jump into your auto and take you to the station, if you get up any greater speed than a donkey cart’s gait.
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