station

Meaning

Noun

1. A stopping place.
2. A stopping place.
3. A stopping place.
4. A stopping place.
5. (US) A stopping place.
6. A place where workers are stationed.
7. A place where workers are stationed.
8. A place where workers are stationed.
9. A place where workers are stationed.
10. A place where workers are stationed.
11. (Australia, New-Zealand) A place where workers are stationed.
12. (historical) A place where workers are stationed.
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. (Newfoundland) 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.
21. Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
22. The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
23. (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
24. The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.

Verb

1. (passive, transitive, usually) To put in place to perform a task.
2. (transitive) To put in place to perform military duty.

Synonyms

post

place

position

stop

🛑

depot

rank

railway station

🚉

office

🏢

status

situation

site

base

standing

stage

job

location

lay

capacity

spot

class

seat

💺

stand

park

🏞️

lodging

set

degree

appointment

state

situate

circumstances

abode

send

set up

ranch

channel

put up

portion

point

residence

dwelling

locate

dignity

garrison

put

railroad station

deploy

invest

node

route

train station

🚉

Translations

station

🚉

gare

🚉

stazione

estación

🚉

Station

🛑

Bahnhof

estação

station

🚉

σταθμός

Haltestelle

🛑

istasyon

🚉

estació

stationsgebouw

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsteɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stacioun

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἵστημι

Cognate with Old English: standan

Cognate with English: stand

In summary

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).

Sentences

Here in the south , it is exploited in a power station .

From the railway station in the distance came the sound of trains , ringing and rumbling .

The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London .

He named the station " Enola ", after his daughter .

It sits on along with the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station .

Central station has no electrified lines being served only by diesel trains .