station
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noun- 1.
A stopping place.
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A place where workers are stationed.
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(Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.
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(Christianity) The Roman Catholic 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.
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(Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
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Standing; rank; position.
She had ambitions beyond her station.
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(Newfoundland)A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
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(surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
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(biology) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
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(mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
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Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
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(medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
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verb- 1.
(passive, transitive, usually)(usually passive) To put in place to perform a task.
The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.
I was stationed on the pier.
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(transitive)To put in place to perform military duty.
They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.
I was stationed at Fort Richie.
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(slang, transitive)(poker, slang) To play in the manner of a calling station.
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ine-pro From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (standing, post, job, position), whence also Italian stazione. stagione. Cognate with ἵστημι, στάσις, standan (whence stand).