Station | Mean of station in English Dictionary

/ˈsteɪʃən/

• Noun
• a place where buses, trains, etc., regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off
1. They drove him to the bus/train station.
2. a subway station
• a place where someone does a job or waits for a task
1. The waiters were at their stations in the dining room.
2. a nurse's/nursing station [=an office area for the nurses working in a hospital]
3. The sailors were ordered to man their battle stations.
4. After joining the army, he spent five years at his first station. [=post]
• a person's social or official position in relation to others
1. He had married above his station.
2. They were aware of her station in life.

• a building, area, etc., where a certain kind of work or activity is done
1. a research/space/weather station
2. a computer station
3. a feeding station for livestock
• a place that provides a certain kind of service to the public
1. A firefighter led the children on a tour of the station. [=fire station]
2. She stopped for gas at the first station [=(US) gas station, (Brit) petrol station] she saw.
3. Officers brought him to the station [=police station] for questioning.
• a company that makes radio or television broadcasts
1. He turned to his favorite sports station.
2. What station is the game on?
• the building from which radio or television broadcasts are made
1. Our offices are located next door to a TV station.
• a farm or ranch in Australia or New Zealand
1. a sheep station
• Verb
• to assign (someone) to a station or position
1. He stationed the guards around the camp.
2. They stationed troops at the border.
3. She has been stationed at the base for a few years.
4. They were stationed in the region of the fighting.
• to put (yourself) in a place and stay there for a period of time
1. He stationed himself by the door to greet the guests.