{
    "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."
}