station /ˈsteɪʃən/noun 27verb 3forms 3 noun27 •a place with a building where trains or buses stop regularly so that people can get on and offThe next station is Esperanza. •A stopping place. •A ground transportation depot.It's right across from the bus station. •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.All ships are on station, Admiral. •A place where workers are stationed. •An official building from which police or firefighters operate.The police station is opposite the fire station. •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.The station is part of a group of stations run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. •A military base.She had a boyfriend at the station. •A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.I used to work at a radio station.I used to listen to that radio station. •A place where some object is provided.Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table. •(US) A gas station, service station. •Standing; rank; position.She had ambitions beyond her station. •A device communicating over a network; a host.An Econet network is made up of a number of stations. •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. — 1704 •(Australia, New-Zealand) A very large sheep or cattle farm.There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around, / that the colt from old Regret had got away, — 1890 •Any of the Stations of the Cross. •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. — 1513 •Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path. •(historical) In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.When a man is absolutely alone in a Station he runs a certain risk of falling into evil ways. — 1889 •The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat. •(slang) A calling station. •An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc. •The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres. •The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion. •(Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing. •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. •(no longer used) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.[…]the cross legs [are] moving or resting together, so that two are always in motion and two in station at the same time[…] — 1646 verb3 •To put in place to perform a task.The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.I was stationed on the pier. •To put in place to perform military duty.They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.I was stationed at Fort Richie. •(slang) To play in the manner of a calling station. formsstationed · stationing · stations
