noun · neutral
station
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/STAY·tion
Band 4-5speakingtask1task2
a place where trains or buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers
Examples
“I waited at the main station for my friend.”
“The station has a ticket office and a small café.”
“There was a long queue at the station entrance.”
Band 8 sentence
“By the time I got to the station the last train had already left, so I had to catch a late bus instead.”
Collocations
- railway station
- bus station
- main station
- at the station
Word family
stationary adjectivestationed adjective/verb (past)
Common mistakes
arrive to the station→arrive at the station
wait station→wait at the station
Say it for a higher band
5stop→6bus stop→7+station
Synonyms
terminal
depot
Easily confused
terminal
“Passengers for international flights should check in at Terminal 3.”
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