Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [stey-shuh n]
- /ˈsteɪ ʃən/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [stey-shuh n]
- /ˈsteɪ ʃən/
Definitions of interstation word
- noun interstation a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located. 1
- noun interstation a stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers. 1
- noun interstation the building or buildings at such a stopping place. 1
- noun interstation the district or municipal headquarters of certain public services: police station; fire station; postal station. 1
- noun interstation a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or the like: gasoline station; geophysical station. 1
- noun interstation the position, as of persons or things, in a scale of estimation, rank, or dignity; standing: the responsibility of persons of high station. 1
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Origin of interstation
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; < Latin statiōn- (stem of statiō) a standing still, standing-place, equivalent to stat(us) (past participle of stāre to stand) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English stacioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
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Parts of speech for Interstation
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
interstation popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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