# station

Pronunciation: say "STAY-shuhn" /ˈsteɪ.ʃən/

## Noun

1. A place where buses or trains regularly stop to pick up and drop off passengers, sometimes also serving as a base where vehicles are kept and sent out.
   - Simple: A place where buses or trains stop to let passengers on and off, sometimes also where vehicles are kept and sent out.
   - _The new subway station opened to commuters this week._
   - _Crowds gathered at the station as the last train departed._
2. A facility for broadcasting radio or television, or the organization that produces and transmits such programs.
   - Simple: A company that makes radio or TV programs and sends them out to listeners or viewers.
   - _The station switched to a 24-hour news format last year._
   - _Our local radio station plays old songs every Sunday morning._
3. An official building that serves as an operating base for police officers or firefighters.
   - Simple: A building where police officers or firefighters work and keep their equipment.
   - _The fire station downtown houses three engines and a ladder truck._
   - _Officers returned to the station to file their reports._
4. A designated spot where a particular item or service is made available.
   - Simple: A spot set up to give out a certain thing that people need.
   - _Guests refilled their glasses at the drinks station._
   - _Set up a station near the entrance where visitors can charge their phones._
5. A roadside business that sells gasoline and often provides vehicle services or convenience goods. *(US)*
   - Simple: A place where you stop to buy gas for your car.
   - _She pulled into the station and asked the attendant to check the oil._
   - _Every station along the interstate was crowded during the holiday rush._
6. A permanent base where military personnel are posted and carry out their duties.
   - Simple: A place where soldiers live and work for the army or navy.
   - _The remote station guarded the border for decades._
   - _Soldiers at the station rotated home every six months._
9. One's social rank, standing, or position in life.
   - Simple: A person's place or rank in society.
   - _He never forgot the humble station into which he was born._
   - _Their growing wealth raised the family to a higher station._
10. A device that communicates over a network, such as a computer acting as a host.
   - Simple: A computer or other device that connects to a network to send and receive data.
   - _Every station on the local network was assigned a unique IP address._
   - _Network administrators monitor traffic from thousands of connected stations._
11. A very large farm, especially in Australia or New Zealand, for raising sheep or cattle. *(Australia, New Zealand)*
   - Simple: A very large farm in Australia or New Zealand where sheep or cattle are raised.
   - _Her grandparents owned a remote station that grazed thousands of merino sheep._
   - _The pilot flew supplies out to isolated cattle stations across the territory._
12. Any of the fourteen images depicting successive stages of Jesus's final journey to his crucifixion, used as a focus for meditative prayer.
   - Simple: One of fourteen pictures or carvings showing the last hours of Jesus, used for prayer.
   - _Worshippers paused at every station, recalling a moment from Christ's path to the cross._
   - _The parish commissioned fourteen carved stations for the walls of the nave._
8. A spot where a person stands or remains, or is assigned to stand or remain.
   - Simple: A spot where someone stands or stays, or is told to wait.
   - _Each dancer held their station as the curtain rose._
   - _The sentry never abandoned his station during the long night._
13. The post, office, or sphere of duty that a person is appointed to fill; one's assigned employment or occupation.
   - Simple: A job or post that someone is given to do as their work or duty.
   - _Appointed to a station of great responsibility, he served the crown faithfully._
   - _She filled her station as governess with quiet diligence._
14. Any of a series of equally spaced points marked along a path or survey line.
   - Simple: One of several evenly spaced points marked out along a line or path.
   - _The crew set a stake at each station, spaced one hundred feet apart._
   - _Elevation readings were taken at all stations along the proposed route._
15. In British India, a settlement where a district's English officials lived, or where garrison officers stationed outside a fortress were quartered.
   - Simple: In British India, the town or area where British officials and soldiers lived.
   - _On cool evenings, the families of the station gathered for tennis and tea._
   - _News from Calcutta took weeks to reach the remote up-country stations._

## Verb

7. To assign a person to a particular place in order to perform a task.
   - Simple: To put someone in a certain place so they can do a job.
   - _The director decided to station volunteers at each exhibit._
   - _Officials stationed observers at every polling place._

## Noun

16. The condition of being at rest and not moving; stasis. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The state of standing completely still without moving.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A habitat; the specific spot or type of environment where a species is found in the wild.
- (noun) The position of the baby's head during labor, measured in centimeters above or below the bony points of the mother's pelvis.
- (noun) The apparent standstill of a planet in the sky just before it begins or ends its backward, retrograde motion.
- (noun) In Roman Catholic practice, a fast observed on Wednesdays and Fridays in memory of the council that condemned Christ and of his passion.
- (noun) A church at which the procession of the clergy halts on appointed days to recite appointed prayers.
- (noun) A cove or harbor whose shoreline can accommodate a base supporting fishing in nearby waters.
- (noun) A widened area in a mine shaft or gallery, serving as a landing, a passing place, or a spot to house a pump, tank, or similar equipment.

## Origin

Latin statiō ("standing, post, job, position") passed into Anglo-Norman as estation, and Middle English borrowed that as stacioun. Related words include Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis) and Old English standan, from which English stand comes.

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