Etymology: (1350–1400; ME stacioun < AF < L statiō a standing still, halting place =sta-, var. s. of stāre to stand+-tiō -tion)
2. (noun)place, station proper or designated social situation "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
3. (noun)station (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
4. (noun)post, station the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
5. (verb)station the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
6. (verb)station, post, send, place assign to a station
1. (noun)station a building where public transportation vehicles stop for people to get on and off a train/bus station
2. station a building from which an official service is provided a police/fire station
3. station a broadcasting organization a TV/radion station
4. (verb)station to send sb somewhere to do a military or government job My father was stationed in Kenya.
Definition of 'Station'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Station the act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture
2. (noun)Station a state of standing or rest; equilibrium
3. (noun)Station the spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel
4. (noun)Station a regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc
5. (noun)Station the headquarters of the police force of any precinct
6. (noun)Station the place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying
7. (noun)Station the particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat
8. (noun)Station a place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely
16. (noun)Station a church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers
17. (noun)Station one of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated servicesbeing performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross
18. (verb)Station to place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to stationtroops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa
Sense: a place with a ticket office, waiting rooms etc, where trains, buses or coaches stop to allow passengers to get on or off a bus station; She arrived at the station in good time for her train.