What does "station" mean?
A stopping place.; A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
Station
/ˈsteɪʃən/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A stopping place.; A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- Grammar: station is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: place, post, post, affix.
- Useful contrasts: dismantle, displacement, mobility.
- Usage evidence: When I left the train station, I saw a man.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stopping place.; A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
"The next station is Esperanza."
- 2 a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose wordnet
- 3 A stopping place.; A ground transportation depot.
"It's right across from the bus station."
- 4 the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station wordnet
- 5 A stopping place.; A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
"From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor."
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- 6 the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand wordnet
- 7 A stopping place.; A place where some object is provided.
"Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table."
- 8 (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty wordnet
- 9 A stopping place.; A gas station, service station. US
"Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare."
- 10 proper or designated social situation wordnet
- 11 A place where workers are stationed.; An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
"The police station is opposite the fire station."
- 12 A place where workers are stationed.; A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
"The waitress was at her station preparing three checks."
- 13 A place where workers are stationed.; A military base.
"She had a boyfriend at the station."
- 14 A place where workers are stationed.; A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.
"I used to work at a radio station."
- 15 A place where workers are stationed.; A device communicating over a network; a host.
"An Econet network is made up of a number of stations."
- 16 A place where workers are stationed.; A very large sheep or cattle farm. Australia, New-Zealand
"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around, / that the colt from old Regret had got away,"
- 17 A place where workers are stationed.; In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside. historical
"It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad."
- 18 Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- 19 The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- 20 A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
"So dyd Offa[…]Deuoutly to vysyte all the hole stacyons of the cytee of Rome."
- 21 Standing; rank; position.
"She had ambitions beyond her station."
- 22 A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing. Newfoundland
- 23 Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- 24 The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- 25 An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- 26 Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
"Moreover, by spending this day [Sunday] in religious exercises, we acquire new strength and resolution to perform God's will in our several stations the week following."
- 27 The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- 28 The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis. obsolete
"[…]the cross legs [are] moving or resting together, so that two are always in motion and two in station at the same time[…]"
- 29 The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
Verb
- 1 To put in place to perform a task. passive, transitive, usually
"The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors."
- 2 assign to a station wordnet
- 3 To put in place to perform military duty. transitive
"They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out."
Example
"When I left the train station, I saw a man."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "station"?
Common synonyms include: place, post, post, affix, anchor, angle.
How do you use "station" in a sentence?
When I left the train station, I saw a man.
How do you pronounce "station"?
Pronounced /ˈsteɪʃən/.
Etymology
From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).