station

Everyday

1. A station is a place where trains or buses stop so people can get on and off. tree →
2. A station is a building for a special service: fire station, police station, petrol (gas) station. tree →
3. A radio or TV station sends out programmes. tree →
4. In Australia and New Zealand a station is a very large farm for sheep or cattle. tree →
5. To station someone is to put them in a place to do a job. tree →
6. A station can also mean a person's social rank or position in life. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a place in a story; trains stop at stations, people get on and off there; distances between stations. Everyday: train station, bus station, fire station, weather station, space station. Safety: stand behind the yellow line at the station.

Examples

• The train stops at 6 stations. tree →
• At the first station, 12 people got off. tree →
• The station is 15 miles from the farm. tree →
• 8 people got on at the next station. tree →
• The fire engine raced out of the fire station. tree →
• My uncle works on a sheep station in Australia. tree →
• The astronauts live on the space station. tree →
• Which radio station do you like? tree →
• Then the prince went to his own quarters and was treated as became his station. tree →

Note

Countable: a station, stations. Names a place, no operation by itself. With trains, people getting on add and people getting off take away; keep track of each station in order. Trap: «stationary» (not moving) and «stationery» (paper and pens) are different words.

In Jewish tradition

In Chronicles it means the place or post where the Levites stood to serve, especially to sing in the Temple.

Interpretation. Tradition reads these Levite posts as showing that God's service has order, with each person having a role, such as singing.

Examples

• And these are they that took their station, and their sons. (Writings 1CH.6.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. (Prophets ISA.22.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they took their station at their service according to their order. (Writings 1CH.6.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a station, stations. Names a place, no operation by itself. With trains, people getting on add and people getting off take away; keep track of each station in order. Trap: «stationary» (not moving) and «stationery» (paper and pens) are different words.