station
verb/ˈsteɪʃn/
/ˈsteɪʃn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they station | /ˈsteɪʃn/ /ˈsteɪʃn/ |
| he / she / it stations | /ˈsteɪʃnz/ /ˈsteɪʃnz/ |
| past simple stationed | /ˈsteɪʃnd/ /ˈsteɪʃnd/ |
| past participle stationed | /ˈsteɪʃnd/ /ˈsteɪʃnd/ |
| -ing form stationing | /ˈsteɪʃənɪŋ/ /ˈsteɪʃənɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] station somebody + adv./prep. to send somebody, especially from one of the armed forces, to work in a place for a period of time
- troops stationed abroad
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- station somebody/yourself + adv./prep. (formal) to go somewhere and stand or sit there, especially to wait for something; to send somebody somewhere to do this
- She stationed herself at the window to await his return.
- A photographer had been stationed at the main entrance.
armed forces
go to position
Word OriginMiddle 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.
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