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station

Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃən/

The English word “station” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
  2. A ground transportation depot.
  3. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
  4. A place where some object is provided.
  5. A gas station, service station.
  6. An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
  7. A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
  8. A military base.
  9. A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.
  10. A device communicating over a network; a host.
  11. A very large sheep or cattle farm.
  12. In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
  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.
  17. A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
  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.

Etymology

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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