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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 References 1.4 Verb 1.5 Related terms

[ English

[ Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French from Latin statio

[ Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[ Noun

station (plural stations)

1. A place where a vehicle (especially a train) may stop.

   The next station is Esperanza.

2. A place where one stands or stays in order to perform a task.

   From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor.

3. Area of a restaurant allocated to one waiter or waitress.
4. A military base.

   She had a boyfriend at the station.

5. A place used for broadcasting radio or television.

   I used to work at a radio station.

6. A broadcasting entity.

   I used to listen to that radio station.

7. (Australia & NZ) A very large sheep or cattle farm

   There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around, that the colt from old Regret had got away (A. B. Patterson, poet)

8. (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
9. (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

[ Synonyms

• (broadcasting entity): (that broadcasts television) channel
• (military base): base, military base
• (large sheep or cattle farm): farm, ranch

[ Translations

Australia: very large livestock farm See ranch

[ References

• “station” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004 (Newfoundland station)

[ Verb

to station (third-person singular simple present stations, present participle stationing, simple past and past participle stationed) (transitive)

1. To put in place to perform a task.

   The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.

2. To put in place to perform military duty.

   They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.

[ Related terms

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