STATION

v. assign to a particular post or position, appoint

n. position, place where a person or thing is usually found; place where vehicles regularly stop; headquarters; radio or television studio; broadcast frequency; position in society; military post

Station can refer to:Broadcast stationRadio stationTelevision stationStation (network)Primary stationControl stationSlave stationStation (Australian agriculture) (the Australian equivalent of the North American Ranch)Filling station, gas station or petrol stationFire stationGauging station, a location along a river or stream used for gaging or other measurementsGround stationHill station is a town in India which is high enough to be relatively cool in summerPolice stationPower stationSpace stationTransit station:Bus stationMetro station  (underground or elevated ) Railway station or train stationTrain order stationWork stationMilitaryNaval Air Station is an airbase of the United States NavyRAF station Royal Naval Air Station more generally a military base, meaning the infrastructure and the personnel there being stationed therediplomatic station where a diplomatic/consular official (or mission) is posted ('stationed')Stations of the Cross refer to a Christian devotion and its associated imagesStation of Labor refers to the position of a baby in the birth canal, ranging from -4 to +4. A reading of 0 means that the baby is 'engaged' and labor has started.a type of postal facility that is not a main post office; term explained in United States Postal ServiceStations, a song, second single from New Zealand and Shihad's debut album ChurnThe Station, a nightclub that burned down in 2003 killing 100 peopleA desk with permanent fixtures - e.g. one might describe the desk that a supervisor sits at in a power station control room as a 'station'In former times in the western world, a culturally understood level of standing in society, leading to the phrase "getting ideas above ones station"The Stations (Irish custom), was the custom during the period English proscriptions against Catholicism of gathering in homes for mass and socializingStation manager is airline terminology for the head airline manager at an airport the airline operates at
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Noun
1. 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"
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) fire station, firehouse
2. proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
(synonym) place
(hypernym) social station, social status, social rank, rank
(hyponym) niche
3. (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
(hypernym) position, place
(derivation) post, base, send, place
(classification) navy, naval forces
4. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
(synonym) post
(hypernym) position, place
(hyponym) bridgehead
(derivation) post, base, send, place
Verb
1. assign to a station
(synonym) post, base, send, place
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) garrison
(derivation) post

n. phase, stage; station, stop, military base; ward, division (of a hospital, prison, etc.)

n. station, stand, stop