What does station mean?

Definitions for station
ˈsteɪ ʃənsta·tion

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word station.

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

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"
place, station(noun)
proper or designated social situation
"he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
station(noun)
(nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
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"
station(verb)
the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
station, post, send, place(verb)
assign to a station

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

station(Noun)
The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
station(Noun)
A stopping place
station(Noun)
A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
The next station is Esperanza.
station(Noun)
A ground transportation depot.
It's right across from the bus station.
station(Noun)
One of the Stations of the Cross.
station(Noun)
A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
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.
station(Noun)
Standing; rank; position.
She had ambitions beyond her station.
station(Noun)
A military base.
She had a boyfriend at the station.
station(Verb)
To put in place to perform a task.
The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.
station(Verb)
To put in place to perform military duty.
They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.
station(Noun)
A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
I used to work at a radio station.
station(Noun)
A broadcasting entity.
I used to listen to that radio station.
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)
station(Noun)
A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
station(Noun)
Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

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

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

Station(noun)
the act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture
Station(noun)
a state of standing or rest; equilibrium
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
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
Station(noun)
the headquarters of the police force of any precinct
Station(noun)
the place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying
Station(noun)
the particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat
Station(noun)
a place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely
Station(noun)
a place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty
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.)
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
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
Station(noun)
situation; position; location
Station(noun)
state; rank; condition of life; social status
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
Station(noun)
a church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers
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
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:

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:

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:

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:

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

Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'station' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1045
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'station' in Written Corpus Frequency: #910
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'station' in Nouns Frequency: #310

How to pronounce station?

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US English
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British
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Australian
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Indian

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Numerology

Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of station in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of station in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of station in a Sentence

Scott Kelly:
The space station is a magical place.
Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Life is a progress, and not a station.
Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti:
On some issues, the train has left the station.
Sallust:
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
Donta Allen:
No stops, we went straight to the police station.