station
noun
[ ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off.
• "we walked back to the station and caught the train back to Brussels"
Similar:
stopping place,
stop,
halt,
station stop,
stage,
terminus,
terminal,
depot,
railway station,
train station,
passenger station,
bus station,
coach station,
• a place or building where a specified activity or service is based.
• "a research station in the rainforest"
Similar:
establishment,
base,
base camp,
camp,
post,
depot,
mission,
site,
facility,
installation,
yard,
cantonment,
• a company involved in broadcasting of a specified kind.
• "a radio station"
• the place where someone or something stands or is placed on military or other duty.
• "the lookout resumed his station in the bow"
• a site at which a particular species, especially an interesting or rare one, grows or is found.
• short for Stations of the Cross.
station
verb
• put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one.
• "troops were stationed in the town"
Similar:
put on duty,
post,
position,
place,
set,
locate,
site,
establish,
install,
deploy,
base,
garrison,
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): via Old French from Latin statio(n- ), from stare ‘to stand’. Early use referred generally to ‘position’, especially ‘position in life, status’, and specifically, in ecclesiastical use, to ‘a holy place of pilgrimage (visited as one of a succession’). The verb dates from the late 16th century.
