Station
['steɪʃ(ə)n] or ['steʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; 'he started looking for a gas station'; 'the train pulled into the station'.
(noun.) the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station.
(noun.) (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
(verb.) assign to a station.
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Definition
(n.) The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
(n.) A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
(n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.
(n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.
(n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.
(n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying.
(n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
(n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.
(n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
(n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
(n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.
(n.) Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
(n.) Situation; position; location.
(n.) State; rank; condition of life; social status.
(n.) The 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.
(n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
(n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross.
(v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Place, position, post, location, situation.[2]. Office, function, business, employment, sphere of duty.[3]. Rank, standing, character, state, condition, STATUS.[4]. Depot (of a railroad), station-house.
v. a. Place, locate, post, fix, establish, set.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Standing, post, position, office, occupation, business, place, situation,state, rank, location
ANT:dislodgment, displacement, non-position, ejectment, non-location, removal,departure, locomotion
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Definition
n. the place where a person or thing stands: post assigned: position: office: situation: occupation business: state: rank: condition in life: the place where railway trains come to a stand in order to take up and set down passengers and goods the buildings erected at such a place for railway business: a regular stopping-place: a stock farm in Australia: a district or branch police-office: the place in India where the group of English officials or the officers of a garrison reside: a recess in a mine-shaft or passage for a pumping-machine: (pl.) in R.C. usage applied to certain places of reputed sanctity appointed to be visited as places of prayer any one of the fourteen (fifteen or even eleven) images or pictures ranged round a church starting from one side of the high altar and ending at the other representing the several stages of the Passion—the whole series the Way of Calvary.—v.t. to assign a station to: to set: to appoint to a post place or office.—adj. Stā′tional.—n. Stā′tionariness.—adj. Stā′tionary pertaining to a station: standing: fixed: settled: acting from or in a fixed position (as an engine): not progressing or retrogressing: not improving.—n. Stā′tioner one who sells paper and other articles used in writing.—adj. Stā′tionery belonging to a stationer.—n. the articles sold by a stationer.—ns. Stā′tion-house a temporary place of arrest; Stā′tion-mas′ter one who has charge of a station esp. on a railway.—Stationers' Hall the hall in London belonging to the Company of the Stationers who enjoyed until the passing of the Copyright Act in 1842 an absolute monopoly of printing and publishing; Stationery Office an office in London for providing books stationery &c. to the government offices at home and abroad and for making contracts for the printing of government reports and other public papers.
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Examples
- I had scant luggage to take with me to London, for little of the little I possessed was adapted to my new station. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- From Raymond there is a direct road to Edward's station, some three miles west of Champion's Hill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In fact, he did not know anything about the station, anyway. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Chinnock said: 'Does he KNOW anything about running a station like this? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yes--I caught sight of you on the way back, at the station. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She is engaged to be married to a most worthy and deserving man in her own station of life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It an't our stations in life that changes us, Mr Clennam; thoughts is free! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Until the beginning of 1882 there were only a few arc-lighting stations in existence for the limited distribution of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The clocks at the corresponding stations were set exactly together, so that the same letter was exposed to view at each instrument at the same instant. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- At the end of 1909 the New York Edison Company alone was operating twenty-eight stations and substations, having a total capacity of 159,500 kilowatts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I should think, from her childhood, she must have lived in public stations; and in her youth might very likely have been a barmaid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There was a huge gathering at the stations at each end of the line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The horn extends beyond the machine and the singer, band or orchestra is stationed in front of the mouth of this horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The umpires were stationed behind the wickets; the scorers were prepared to notch the runs; a breathless silence ensued. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We arrived at Milan, and stationed ourselves in the Vice-Roy's palace. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Every foot of road had to be guarded by troops stationed at convenient distances apart. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- While I was stationed on the Pacific coast we were free from Indian wars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One night, to test his alleged fearlessness, a man stationed himself behind a tree and enveloped himself in a sheet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The greengrocer put on a pair of wash-leather gloves to hand the plates with, and stationed himself behind Mr. Tuckle's chair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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