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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026sta•tion /ˈsteɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
- Rail Transport a stopping place for trains, buses, etc. that carry people or things:[countable]a subway station.
- the buildings at such a stopping place:[countable]The old central train station had restaurants.
- the local branch of certain public services:[countable]a fire station.
- a place equipped for some particular kind of work or activity:[countable]a geophysical station.
- a place or position at which a person or thing is normally located or from which he or she usually works;
one's post:[countable]The guard's station is the first-floor entrance.
- the appropriate position, as of persons or things, in a scale of social rank or dignity:[countable]trying to act above his station.
- Show Business a person, organization, or building from which radio, television, cable, etc., broadcasts are transmitted;
the frequency or channel assigned to one who broadcasts, or the assignee:[countable]We can tape the interview at the station or in your office.
- Military a military region, esp. one to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty:[uncountable]on station in the North Sea.
- British Terms[countable] (in Australia) a ranch with its buildings, land, etc., esp. for raising sheep.
v. [~ + object]
- to place or post (someone) in a station or position:He was stationed by the door to act as a lookout.
See -stat-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026sta•tion
(stā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Rail Transporta stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers.
- the building or buildings at such a stopping place.
- the district or municipal headquarters of certain public services:police station;fire station;postal station.
- a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or the like:gasoline station; geophysical station.
- the position, as of persons or things, in a scale of estimation, rank, or dignity;
standing:the responsibility of persons of high station.
- a position, office, rank, calling, or the like.
- Show Business[Radio and Television.]
- a studio or building from which broadcasts originate.
- a person or organization originating and broadcasting messages or programs.
- Radio and Televisiona specific frequency or band of frequencies assigned to a regular or special broadcaster:Tune to the Civil Defense station.
- Radio and Televisionthe complete equipment used in transmitting and receiving broadcasts.
- Military
- a military place of duty.
- a semipermanent army post.
- Military[Navy.]a place or region to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
- (formerly in India) the area in which the British officials of a district or the officers of a garrison resided.
- Ecology[Biol.]a particular area or type of region where a given animal or plant is found.
- British Terms[Australian.]a ranch with its buildings, land, etc., esp. for raising sheep.
- [Survey.]
- SurveyingAlso called instrument station, set-up. a point where an observation is taken.
- Surveyinga precisely located reference point.
- Surveyinga length of 100 ft. (30 m) along a survey line.
- a section or area assigned to a waiter, soldier, etc.;
post:The waiter says this isn't his station.
- ReligionSee stations of the cross.
- [Archaic.]the fact or condition of standing still.
v.t.
- to assign a station to;
place or post in a station or position.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Latin statiōn- (stem of statiō) a standing still, standing-place, equivalent. to stat(us) (past participle of stāre to stand) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English stacioun
- 1350–1400
1. situation, location. 3. depot, terminal. 7. metier, occupation, trade, business, employment. 15. See appointment. 18. position, locate, establish, set, fix.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
station /ˈsteɪʃən/ n - the place or position at which a thing or person stands or is supposed to stand
- a place along a route or line at which a bus, train, etc, stops for fuel or to pick up or let off passengers or goods, esp one with ancillary buildings and services
- (as modifier): a station buffet
- the headquarters or local offices of an official organization such as the police or fire services
- (as modifier): a station sergeant See police station, fire station
- a building, depot, etc, with special equipment for some particular purpose: power station, petrol station, television station
- a place of duty: an action station
- a location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
- an assigned location for a member of a ship's crew
- a radio or television channel
- a position or standing, as in a particular society or organization
- the type of one's occupation; calling
- (in British India) a place where the British district officials or garrison officers resided
- the type of habitat occupied by a particular animal or plant
- Austral NZ a large sheep or cattle farm
- (often capital)
- one of the Stations of the Cross
- any of the churches (station churches) in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions and ceremonies on particular days (station days)
vb - (transitive) to place in or assign to a station
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin statiō a standing still, from stāre to stand
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