n.
- a place where passenger trains stop on a railway line, typically with platforms and buildings.
- a place where a specified activity or service is based:
a radar station.
▸a small military base.
▸N. Amer. a subsidiary post office.
- a broadcasting company of a specified kind.
- the place where someone or something stands or is placed for a purpose or duty.
▸one's social rank or position.
- Austral./NZ a large sheep or cattle farm.
- Botany a site at which an interesting or rare plant grows.
v.
assign to a station.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. statio(n-), from stare ‘to stand’.