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.
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
station(Noun)
A stopping place
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
station(Noun)
A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
The next station is Esperanza.
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
station(Noun)
A ground transportation depot.
It's right across from the bus station.
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
station(Noun)
One of the Stations of the Cross.
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
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.
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.
station(Noun)
Standing; rank; position.
She had ambitions beyond her station.
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
station(Noun)
A military base.
She had a boyfriend at the station.
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
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.
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.
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.
station(Noun)
A broadcasting entity.
I used to listen to that radio station.
Etymology: From estacioun, from estation, from stationem, accusative of statio.
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.
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.
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:

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

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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

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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

Donta Allen:
No stops, we went straight to the police station.
Scott Kelly:
As a test pilot and as an engineer, what fascinates me is the space station as a whole experiment.
Astronaut Scott Kelly:
Even though I had a shower in Canada, I hadn’t had running water for 340 days, we make do with not having a shower on board [the space station] – I definitely feel like I would like jump in a pool.
Jefferson County:
Our goal then and now has been to bring justice to Jeannie and her family, and while we would have preferred to place handcuffs on the suspect, we hope knowing who and where he is brings them some degree of closure. MISSOURI MAN INDICTED IN COLD CASE MURDER HE WAS QUIZZED ABOUT 31 YEARS AGO The sheriffs office said Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Moore near Denver when he was 23 years old. Donald Perea, Donald Perea, died on May 28, 2012, at the age of 54 due to health-related issues. Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Jeannie Moore near Denver in August 1981, according to officials. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) Investigators said Donald Perea was out on bond for a separate sexual assault case when Jeannie Moores was killed ; Donald Perea was later convicted and was in prison from 1982 to 1985. Jeannie Moores left Jeannie Moores home for work at a gas station on Aug. 25, 1981 -- hitchhiking as Jeannie Moores typically would -- when Jeannie Moores was last seen getting into an older Ford Galaxy or LTD that was red, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Five days later, Jeannie Moores body was found by picnickers in Genesee Park, south of Interstate 70. An autopsy found that Jeannie Moores was killed by several blows to the head, FOX31 reported. After Jeannie Moores murder went unsolved for decades, officials said the cold case was looked at in 2008 and again in May 2019, when new technology found a match. A public-private partnership that allowed forensic genealogy testing to be completed by United Data Connect Connect helped uncover a match. The information that led to Donald Perea was the same technology that helped crack the Golden State killer and other notable cold-case murders and rapes in 2018. How authorities linked Steven Perea to the case. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) The DNA evidence from the crime scene was linked to a family member of Donald Perea this spring, and investigators were able to interview family members and get other samples to confirm that he was the suspect linked to the case. OREGON MAN ARRESTED IN 1978 COLD-CASE MURDER OF ALASKA TEEN, AUTHORITIES SAY Joan Busse, a genealogist with United Data Connect, told FOX31 Joan Busse put in 40 to 60 hours working backward through thousands of ancestors on public genealogy websites and DNA matches to identify a suspect. DNA can be uploaded to public genealogy websites such as GEDmatch.com through commercial kits where people can choose to opt-inif they want law enforcement to be able to access that information.
Maxine Waters:
If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd, and you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere. We've got to get the children connected to their parents.