station (ˈsteɪʃən
)
Definitions
noun
- 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 ⇒
railway station
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a station buffet
- 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 ⇒
- 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
- military a place of duty ⇒
an action station
- navy
- 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
- biology the type of habitat occupied by a particular animal or plant
- Australian New Zealand a large sheep or cattle farm
- surveying a point at which a reading is made or which is used as a point of reference
- (often capital) Roman Catholic Church
- 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)
- (plural) (in rural Ireland) mass, preceded by confessions, held annually in a parishioner's dwelling and attended by other parishioners
verb
- (tr) to place in or assign to a station
Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin statiō a standing still, from stāre to standTranslations
- British English:
station
A station is a building by a railway line where a train stops.She went with him to the station.ˈsteɪʃən NOUN She went with him to the station.
- Spanish:
estación
nf
- French:
gare
nf
- German:
Haltestelle
nf
- Chinese: 车站 n
- Arabic: مَحَطَّة n
- Portuguese: estação nf
- Russian: станция nf
- Croatian: postaja nf
- Czech: stanice nf
- Danish: station nutr
- Dutch: station nnt
- Finnish: asema n
- Greek: σταθμός nm
- Italian: stazione nf
- Japanese: 駅 n
- Korean: 정거장 n
- Norwegian: stasjon nm
- Polish: stacja nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: estação nf
- European Spanish:
estación
nf
- Swedish: station nutr
- Thai: สถานี n
- Turkish: istasyon n
- Vietnamese: trạm n
Usage examples
You ' ll find few in this camp who care about your station.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)Kingham railway station is around four miles away; the direct service to London Paddington takes around 80 minutes.
Country Life (2004)Hardly appropriate considering the power station is set against a scenic backdrop that tourists clamber out of their cars to photograph.
Irish Times (2002)From about a mile north of Troon station through to Kilmarnock, today's railway follows that original route.
Glasgow Herald (2001)For Vito's arrival in Palermo, Coppola chose a small railway station an hour by road from the crew's hotel.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)