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
2. 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
4. 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