Definitions of station [ˈsteɪ ʃən]

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Definition of 'station'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) station
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.

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

3.  station
the building or buildings at such a stopping place.

4.  station
the district or municipal headquarters of certain public services:
a police station.

5.  station
a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or activity:
a geophysical station.

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

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

8.  station
a studio or building from which radio or television broadcasts originate.

9.  station
a person or organization originating such broadcasts.

10.  station
a specific frequency or band of frequencies assigned to a regular or special broadcaster:
the Civil Defense station.

11.  station
the complete equipment used in transmitting and receiving broadcasts.

12.  station
a military place of duty.

13.  station
a semipermanent army post.

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

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

16.  station
(in Australia) a ranch with its buildings, land, etc., esp. for raising sheep.

17.  station
Survey.

18.  station
a point where an observation is taken.

19.  station
a precisely located reference point.

20.  station
a section or area assigned for work or duty; post.

21.  station
one of the 14 stations of the cross.

22. (v.t.) station
to assign a station to; place or post in a station or position.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME stacioun < AF < L statiō a standing still, halting place =sta-, var. s. of stāre to stand+-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'station'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) station
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
"he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station"

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

Definition of 'station'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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

9. (noun) station
a place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty

10. (noun) station
a place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)

11. (noun) station
an enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc

12. (noun) station
post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment

13. (noun) station
situation; position; location

14. (noun) station
state; rank; condition of life; social status

15. (noun) station
the 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

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 services being 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 station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa

Translation of 'station'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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.
Afrikaans: stasie, halte	Arabic: مَحَطَّه	Bulgarian: гара
Brazilian: estação	Czech: nádraží	German: die Haltestelle, der Bahn
Danish: station; -station	Greek: σταθμός	Estonian: jaam
Farsi: ايستگاه	Finnish: asema	French: gare
Hebrew: תַחֲנָה	Hindi: स्टेशन	Croatian: kolodvor, stanica
Hungarian: állomás, pályaudvar	Indonesian: stasiun	Icelandic: (rútu-/lestar)-stöð
Italian: stazione	Japanese: 駅	Korean: 역, 정거장
Lithuanian: stotis	Latvian: stacija	Malay: stesen
Dutch: station	Norwegian: stasjon	Polish: dworzec
Portuguese: estação	Romanian: staţie	Russian: вокзал; станция
Slovak: stanica	Slovenian: postaja	Serbian: stanica
Swedish: station	Thai: สถานี; สถานีรถโดยสาร; สถา	Turkish: istasyon
Taiwanese: 車站	Ukrainian: станція, вокзал	Urdu: ریل اور اور بسوں وغیرہ کا
Vietnamese: nhà ga	Chinese: 车站
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