Meaning

A stopping place..

Definitions by Sense

1. A stopping place.
2. A place where workers are stationed.
3. (Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.
4. (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.
5. (Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
6. Standing; rank; position.
7. (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
8. (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

Example Sentences

So dyd Offa[…]Deuoutly to vysyte all the hole stacyons of the cytee of Rome.

She had ambitions beyond her station.

The greater part have kept, I see, / Their station.

And they in France of the best rank and station

Moreover, by spending this day [Sunday] in religious exercises, we acquire new strength and resolution to perform God's will in our several stations the week following.

[…]the cross legs [are] moving or resting together, so that two are always in motion and two in station at the same time[…]

The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.

I was stationed on the pier.

Word Forms

• stations
• stationing
• stationed

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Use station when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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