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Station

noun

A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose. "The train pulled into the station"

Proper or designated social situation. Synonym: place. "The responsibilities of a man in his station" , "Married above her station"

(nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.

The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand. Synonym: post. "A sentry station"

The frequency assigned to a broadcasting station.

verb

(past & past part. stationed; pres. part. stationing)

Assign to a station. Synonyms: place, post, send.

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"Station" Quotes from Famous Books

... of things when Anneke's own girl came to ask me to go to her mistress, if it were possible for me to quit my station, were it only for a minute. Having no particular duty to perform, there was no impropriety in complying with a request which, in itself, was every way so grateful to my feelings. Guert was near me at the time, and heard what the young negress said; this induced him ...

— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper

... deeper anxiety was shown in the education of her only son, Prince John, heir of the united Spanish monarchies. Every precaution was taken to train him up in a manner that might tend to the formation of the character suited to his exalted station. He was placed in a class consisting of ten youths, selected from the sons of the principal nobility. Five of them were of his own age, and five of riper years, and they were all brought to reside with him in the palace. By this means it was hoped to combine the advantages ...

— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V2 • William H. Prescott

... to have taken up one subject after another, finding how to master principles and details. This new subject is not recondite nor are we unconquerably stupid. To learn as we go—discere ambulando—need not turn the home into an experiment station. ...

— The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 • Various

... his life was very different from their own, and while they talked to him when he spoke to them, and were agreeable enough to him, they felt awed and could not break down the natural reserve they always had towards people of another station of life. He was perhaps a little too thoughtless and impulsive, though generous-hearted enough. He drifted into things, rather than shaped them to his own ideas, and was often not sufficiently careful of the positions in which ...

— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh

... historic places. Now, you must not expect to find Philip and Barbara just like your friends at home; English children dress very differently, and may use some expressions which you do not exactly understand, but you'll soon become accustomed to them all. Here we are at Waterloo Station." ...

— John and Betty's History Visit • Margaret Williamson

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