station

[ stey-shuhn ]

/ ˈsteɪ ʃən /

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noun

a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.

a stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers.

the building or buildings at such a stopping place.

the district or municipal headquarters of certain public services: police station; fire station; postal station.

a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or the like: gasoline station; geophysical station.

the position, as of persons or things, in a scale of estimation, rank, or dignity; standing: the responsibility of persons of high station.

a position, office, rank, calling, or the like.

Radio and Television.

a studio or building from which broadcasts originate.
a person or organization originating and broadcasting messages or programs.
a specific frequency or band of frequencies assigned to a regular or special broadcaster: Tune to the Civil Defense station.
the complete equipment used in transmitting and receiving broadcasts.

Military.

a military place of duty.
a semipermanent army post.

Navy. a place or region to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.

(formerly in India) the area in which the British officials of a district or the officers of a garrison resided.

Biology. a particular area or type of region where a given animal or plant is found.

Australian. a ranch with its buildings, land, etc., especially for raising sheep.

Surveying.

Also called instrument station, set-up. a point where an observation is taken.
a precisely located reference point.
a length of 100 feet (30 meters) along a survey line.

a section or area assigned to a waiter, soldier, etc.; post: The waiter says this isn't his station.

stations of the cross.

Archaic. the fact or condition of standing still.

verb (used with object)

to assign a station to; place or post in a station or position.

OTHER WORDS FOR station

1 situation, location.

3 depot, terminal.

7 metier, occupation, trade, business, employment.

18 position, locate, establish, set, fix.

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Origin of station

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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15. See appointment.

OTHER WORDS FROM station

sta·tion·al, adjectivein·ter·sta·tion, adjectivere·sta·tion, verb (used with object)un·sta·tion, verb (used with object)

un·sta·tioned, adjective

Words nearby station

static reflex, statics, static tube, static water, statin, station, station agent, stationary, stationary engine, stationary engineer, stationary front

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How to use station in a sentence

Earlier this month, Emrod received funding from Powerco, New Zealand’s second biggest utility, to conduct a test of its system at a grid-connected commercial power station.
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission|Jason Dorrier|August 30, 2020|Singularity Hub
Plastic gloves were distributed along with hand sanitizer at multiple stations around the National Mall.
LGBTQ activists participate in March on Washington commemoration|Steph Purifoy|August 29, 2020|Washington Blade
Finally, CEOs might encourage able employees to consider volunteering as nonpartisan election officers at polling stations, which are currently tracking to be understaffed.
Why CEOs must take action on democracy and election integrity—and how they can do it|matthewheimer|August 27, 2020|Fortune
She likes voting by mail because it means she doesn’t have to take time off from her job as a cook to stand in line at a polling station and just has to walk five minutes from her home to the post office.
As states mull expanding vote by mail, they’re turning to Oregon for advice|Lee Clifford|August 24, 2020|Fortune

Long before Michael came along, it was a kind of refuge or way station for pilgrims making the journey on foot to Rome.
Investors ride the Big Tech rally even as COVID cases and unemployment spike|Bernhard Warner|August 21, 2020|Fortune
Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“We met the smuggler in the train station; he came to speak with us about the services he provided,” Yazbek says.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
McCauley may have married beneath her station, but Gordon-Levitt has obsessive fans.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Speaking to a local radio station today Antonella Ramelli said the video gives her hope.
Jihadis Release New Year’s Eve Video of Italian Female Hostages|Jamie Dettmer, Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
My station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The General in command of the station was a feeble old man, suffering from senile decay.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
On his arrival at the local railway station he was met by his lordship in person.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

British Dictionary definitions for station

station

/ (ˈsteɪʃən) /

noun

the place or position at which a thing or person stands or is supposed to stand

a place along a route or line at which a bus, train, etc, stops for fuel or to pick up or let off passengers or goods, esp one with ancillary buildings and servicesrailway station
(as modifier)a station buffet

the headquarters or local offices of an official organization such as the police or fire services
(as modifier)a station sergeant See police station, fire station

a building, depot, etc, with special equipment for some particular purposepower station; petrol station; television station

military a place of dutyan action station

navy

a location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
an assigned location for a member of a ship's crew

a radio or television channel

a position or standing, as in a particular society or organization

the type of one's occupation; calling

(in British India) a place where the British district officials or garrison officers resided

biology the type of habitat occupied by a particular animal or plant

Australian and NZ a large sheep or cattle farm

surveying a point at which a reading is made or which is used as a point of reference

(often capital) RC Church

one of the Stations of the Cross
any of the churches (station churches) in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions and ceremonies on particular days (station days)

(plural) (in rural Ireland) mass, preceded by confessions, held annually in a parishioner's dwelling and attended by other parishioners

verb

(tr) to place in or assign to a station

Word Origin for station

C14: via Old French from Latin statiō a standing still, from stāre to stand

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