Definitions for station
ˈsteɪ ʃənsta·tion

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. station(noun)

   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. place, station(noun)

   proper or designated social situation

   "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"

3. station(noun)

   (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

4. post, station(noun)

   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. station(verb)

   the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station

6. station, post, send, place(verb)

   assign to a station

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. station(Noun)

   The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

2. station(Noun)

   A stopping place

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

3. station(Noun)

   A regular stopping place for ground transportation.

   The next station is Esperanza.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

4. station(Noun)

   A ground transportation depot.

   It's right across from the bus station.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

5. station(Noun)

   One of the Stations of the Cross.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

6. station(Noun)

   A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

7. station(Noun)

   A place where one performs a tasks or where one is on call to perform a task.

   The waitress was at her station preparing three checks.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

8. station(Noun)

   Standing; rank; position.

   She had ambitions beyond her station.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

9. station(Noun)

   A military base.

   She had a boyfriend at the station.

   Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

10. station(Verb)

    To put in place to perform a task.

    The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.

    Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

11. station(Verb)

    To put in place to perform military duty.

    They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.

    Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

12. station(Noun)

    A place used for broadcasting radio or television.

    I used to work at a radio station.

    Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

13. station(Noun)

    A broadcasting entity.

    I used to listen to that radio station.

    Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

14. station(Noun)

    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 (A. B. Patterson, poet)

    Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

15. station(Noun)

    A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.

    Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

16. station(Noun)

    Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

    Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Station(noun)

   the act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture

2. Station(noun)

   a state of standing or rest; equilibrium

3. Station(noun)

   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. Station(noun)

   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. Station(noun)

   the headquarters of the police force of any precinct

6. Station(noun)

   the place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying

7. Station(noun)

   the particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat

8. Station(noun)

   a place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely

9. Station(noun)

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

10. Station(noun)

    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. Station(noun)

    an enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc

12. Station(noun)

    post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment

13. Station(noun)

    situation; position; location

14. Station(noun)

    state; rank; condition of life; social status

15. Station(noun)

    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. Station(noun)

    a church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers

17. Station(noun)

    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. Station(verb)

    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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Station

   Station is the second full-length album by the instrumental rock band Russian Circles, and was released on May 6, 2008. This is the band's second release and first with their new label, Suicide Squeeze.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Station

   stā′shun, n. the place where a person or thing stands: post assigned: position: office: situation: occupation, business: state: rank: condition in life: the place where railway trains come to a stand in order to take up and set down passengers and goods, the buildings erected at such a place for railway business: a regular stopping-place: a stock farm in Australia: a district or branch police-office: the place in India where the group of English officials or the officers of a garrison reside: a recess in a mine-shaft or passage for a pumping-machine: (pl.) in R.C. usage, applied to certain places of reputed sanctity, appointed to be visited as places of prayer, any one of the fourteen (fifteen, or even eleven) images or pictures ranged round a church, starting from one side of the high altar and ending at the other, representing the several stages of the Passion—the whole series the Way of Calvary.—v.t. to assign a station to: to set: to appoint to a post, place, or office.—adj. Stā′tional.—n. Stā′tionariness.—adj. Stā′tionary, pertaining to a station: standing: fixed: settled: acting from, or in, a fixed position (as an engine): not progressing or retrogressing: not improving.—n. Stā′tioner, one who sells paper and other articles used in writing.—adj. Stā′tionery, belonging to a stationer.—n. the articles sold by a stationer.—ns. Stā′tion-house, a temporary place of arrest; Stā′tion-mas′ter, one who has charge of a station, esp. on a railway.—Stationers' Hall, the hall in London belonging to the Company of the Stationers, who enjoyed until the passing of the Copyright Act in 1842 an absolute monopoly of printing and publishing; Stationery Office, an office in London for providing books, stationery, &c. to the government offices at home and abroad, and for making contracts for the printing of government reports and other public papers. [Fr.,—L. statio—stāre, to stand.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. station

   The allotted places of the duties of each person on board. In most merchantmen the cry of "Every man to his station, and the cook to the fore-sheet," is calling the hands and the idlers.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. station

   To place; to set; or to appoint to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right or left of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'station' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1045

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'station' in Written Corpus Frequency: #910

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'station' in Nouns Frequency: #310

How to pronounce station?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of station in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of station in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of station in a Sentence

1. Manny Cordova:

   The way it was laid out, we have a side of the station that we would consider a dirty side, where after a fire we come back…we can start the [decontamination]process there and then move towards the clean part of the station.

2. Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti:

   On some issues, the train has left the station.

3. Robert Mulcahy:

   Being able to participate and help get Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the space station for Demo-2 or the Crew-1 mission, those are the big milestones that stand out, these missions are exciting because it returns that human spaceflight capability to the Robert Mulcahy, something that we haven't had since 2011 when the shuttle retired. And that's really inspirational for people across the country and really across the world. I think that the big benefit of these missions launching in a very bleak year.

4. Jennifer Smith:

   At first I thought maybe a bookcase fell over or something, but it was so loud and it went on for so long that I knew someone had hit the house, Jennifer Smith told the news station, adding that Jennifer Smith attempted to apologize before he was taken away by authorities. The incident left a large hole in the side of the side of the house, which was boarded up by Jennifer Smith’s neighbor, who is also a contractor. Still, additional repairs are needed. It is very frustrating because now my homeowners insurance policy is going to go through the roof.

5. Wang Zhongyang:

   Two space labs will be launched later and dock with the core module, 'Tianhe-1,' the construction of the space station is expected to finish in 2022.

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