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station Definition

sta·tion (stā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the place where a person or thing stands or is located, esp. an assigned post, position, or location; specif.,
    1. the place where a person, as a guard, stands while on duty
    2. the post, building, base, or headquarters assigned to a group of people working together, as in providing a service, making scientific observations, etc. a police station, service station
    3. in Australia, a sheep or cattle ranch
    4. a place or region to which a naval fleet, ship, etc. is assigned for duty
    5. a post-office subdivision in a community with a main post office
    1. a regular stopping place, with a shelter, platform, etc., as on a bus line or railroad
    2. the building or buildings at such a place, for passengers, etc.
  3. social standing, position, or rank
    1. a place equipped to transmit or receive radio waves; esp., the studios, offices, and technical installations collectively of an establishment for radio or television transmission
    2. such an establishment
    3. a broadcasting frequency or channel assigned to such an establishment
  5. a fixed point from which measurements are made in surveying
  6. Archaic the fact or condition of being stationary
  7. Biol. a habitat, esp. the exact location of a given plant or animal

Etymology: ME stacioun < OFr station < L statio, a standing, post, station < status, pp. of stare, to stand

transitive verb

to assign to or place in a station; post

station Synonyms

station

n.

  1. Place

    situation, site, location; see position 1.

  2. Duty

    occupation, service, calling; see duty 2.

  3. Depot

    terminal, stop, stopping place; see depot 2.

  4. Headquarters

    main office, home office, base of operations; see headquarters.

  5. Social position

    order, standing, state; see rank 3.

  6. An establishment to vend petroleum products

    gas station, service station, filling station, petrol station (British), pumps; see also garage 2.

  7. A broadcasting establishment

    television station, radio station, transmitter station, radar station, broadcasting station, plant, studio, transmitter, channel; see also communications, radio 2, television.

station Synonyms

station

v.

place, commission, allot, post; see assign 1.

station Telecom Definition
A terminal or endpoint on a network, such as a telephone set or data terminal.
station Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pump: At other times of the year the pools and pumping stations were filled to the brim with Great Crested Newts.
  • fill: In a village we stopped at an ' independent ' filling station, meaning an old tanker parked at the side of the road.
  • dock: Data exchange with a stationary PC is a standard feature via docking station or serial cable.

Preposition: at

  • RAF: He was a Sergeant rigger when he was in the Far East. and Flight Lieutenant ( Eng. ) whilst stationed at RAF Warboys.

Adjective modifier

  • underground: The nearest London underground stations are St Paul's or Barbican.
  • mainline: There is a frequent service from Redhill to London mainline stations.
  • near: The nearest station is Luton Airport Parkway which is just under 1 mile from the airport.
  • nuclear: Member raised the issue of the policy on nuclear power stations.
  • intermediate: The railroad opened on October 1, 1862, with one intermediate station at Watford High Street.
  • local: A local TV station has started to provide stock market reports.

Preposition: into

  • disrepute: You will not by any act or omission do anything, which might bring GCap or its radio stations into disrepute.

Modifies a noun

  • wagon: Design characteristics SUVs were traditionally derived from light truck platforms, but have developed to have the general shape of a station wagon.
  • forecourt: By train; Turn right out of station forecourt.
  • platform: He has even dealt with the station bay platform track bed.

Noun used with modifier

  • railroad: By Rail: Ipswich railroad station is about a fifteen minute walk.
  • radio: Rocky Radio is the official radio station for Gretna Football Club.
  • police: With the police station on your left you will see Derby Road going down the hill.
  • gasoline: Take the second exit, to the left of the gasoline station, into Malvern Road.
  • polling: The polling station, a local school, is just a short walk away.
  • train: Gatwick Airport Car Rental Train There isn't actually a train station at Luton Airport.
station Quotes

'Eternity' is there, We say, as of a station. Meanwhile, he is so near, He joins me in my Rambleö Divides abode with meö No Friend have I that so persists As this Eternity.

—Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.

—Addison,Joseph

I keep no rank nor station. Cured, I am frizzled, stale and small.

—Lowell, RobertTraill Spence,Jr

The musical equivalent of the towers of St Pancras Station.

—Beecham, SirThomas

Type of a coming nation, In the land of cattle and sheep, Worked on Middleton's station, 'Pound a week and his keep.'

—Lawson, Henry Hertzberg