English Explanatory Dictionary

station

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stopping place.
  2. A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
  3. A ground transportation depot.
  4. A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
  5. A place where some object is provided.
  6. A gas station, service station.
  7. A place where workers are stationed.
  8. An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
  9. A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
  10. A military base.
  11. A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.
  12. A device communicating over a network; a host.
verb
  1. To put in place to perform a task.
  2. To put in place to perform military duty.
  3. To play in the manner of a calling station.

Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪʃən/ en-us-station.ogg En-uk-a station.ogg en-au-station.ogg /(ɪ)ʂʈeːʃən/ /(sə)ʈeːʃən/

Word forms

station stations stationing stationed

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).

Synonyms

sta stn base military base channel farm ranch affix anchor appoint deploy deposit embed establish fix graft imbed install load localize locate place position post put relocate reposit set site situate station

Antonyms

displace remove

Related words

move

Derived words

above one's station action stations aeronautical station aid station aircraft station baby changing station base station base station subsystem battle station battle stations Bedlington Station bike station break-of-gauge station broadcast station bus station cable station calling station cattle station charging station clearing station coach station coaling station comfort station cooling station docking station dog station dressing station earth station endstation feeder station Ferryhill Station filling station fire station flag station fueling station fuelling station fuel station gasoline station gas station ghost station goods station ground station guard station Hart Station head station Heifer Station hill-station hill station Horse Station Creek hydrogen station infostation interstation intrastation jumpstation lactation station Lake Station lightstation light station listening station McMurdo Station

Translations

Abkhaz: астанциа Afrikaans: stasie Albanian: stacion Albanian: ndalesë Amharic: ኬላ Amharic: መናኸሪያ Arabic: مَحَطَّة Arabic: محطة Arabic: موقف Armenian: կանգառ Armenian: կայարան Armenian: վոկզալ Asturian: estación Azerbaijani: stansiya Azerbaijani: vağzal Azerbaijani: dayanacaq Basque: geltoki Belarusian: ста́нцыя Belarusian: вакза́л Belarusian: прыпы́нак Belarusian: дварэ́ц Bengali: স্টেশন Bulgarian: ста́нция Bulgarian: га́ра Bulgarian: спи́рка Burmese: ဘူတာရုံ Burmese: ကားဂိတ် Carpathian Rusyn: ста́нція Catalan: estació Chechen: станци Chinese Cantonese: 站 Chinese: зан Chinese: зандо Chinese: станция Chinese: 站 Chinese: 頭 /头 Eastern Min Chinese: 站 Hakka Chinese: 站 Chinese Mandarin: 站 Wu Chinese: 站頭 /站头 Wu Chinese: 站 Corsican: stazione Czech: nádraží Czech: zastávka Czech: stanice Danish: station Dutch: station Dutch: halte Esperanto: stacio Esperanto: stacidomo Estonian: jaam Estonian: peatus Estonian: vaksal Finnish: asema French: gare French: station Galician: estación Georgian: სადგური Georgian: ვაგზალი German: Bahnhof German: Station Greek: σταθμός Greek: στάθμευση Ancient Greek: σταθμός Gujarati: સ્ટેશન Hebrew: תַּחֲנָה Hindi: स्टेशन Hungarian: állomás Icelandic: stöð
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