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station.

A stopping place.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsteɪʃən//(ɪ)ʂʈeːʃən/South-Asia/(sə)ʈeːʃən/South-Asia, dialectal
  1. A stopping place. A regular stopping place for ground transportation.

    The next station is Esperanza.
  2. A stopping place. A ground transportation depot.

    It's right across from the bus station.
  3. A stopping place. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.

    From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor.
    All ships are on station, Admiral.
  4. A stopping place. A place where some object is provided.

    Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table.
  5. A stopping place. A gas station, service station.

    US
  6. A place where workers are stationed. An official building from which police or firefighters operate.

    The police station is opposite the fire station.
  7. A place where workers are stationed. A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.

    The waitress was at her station preparing three checks.
    The station is part of a group of stations run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  8. A place where workers are stationed. A military base.

    She had a boyfriend at the station.
  9. A place where workers are stationed. A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.

    I used to work at a radio station.
    I used to listen to that radio station.
  10. A place where workers are stationed. A device communicating over a network; a host.

    An Econet network is made up of a number of stations.
  11. A place where workers are stationed. A very large sheep or cattle farm.

    Australia · New-Zealand
  12. A place where workers are stationed. In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.

    historical
  13. Any of the Stations of the Cross.

  14. The Roman Catholic 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.

  15. A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.

  16. Standing; rank; position.

    She had ambitions beyond her station.
  17. A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.

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

  19. The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.

  20. An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.

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

  22. The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.

  23. The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.

    obsolete
  24. The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.

  25. A calling station.

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).

verb/ˈsteɪʃən//(ɪ)ʂʈeːʃən/South-Asia/(sə)ʈeːʃən/South-Asia, dialectal
  1. To put in place to perform a task.

    passive · transitive · usually
    The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.
    I was stationed on the pier.
  2. To put in place to perform military duty.

    transitive
    They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.
    I was stationed at Fort Richie.
  3. To play in the manner of a calling station.

    slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).

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