station
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,223 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,853 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose he started looking for a gas stationthe train pulled into the station
- proper or designated social situation also: place he overstepped his placethe responsibilities of a man in his 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 also: post a soldier manned the entrance posta sentry station
- the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
verb
- assign to a station also: post, send, place
station in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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While I was talking to the station agent I had my one piece of luck.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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When the train arrived at Mallowe station, he was one of the first persons who got out.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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And slowly wealth and station sanction lent, And hardened avarice, on its gains intent, Stifled the inward whisper of dissent.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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Christine knew Piccadilly, Leicester Square, Regent Street, a bit of Oxford Street, the Green Park, Hyde Park, Victoria Station, Charing Cross.
The Pretty Lady · Arnold Bennett · Chapter 1
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Still seem, as to my childhood’s sight, A midway station given, For happy spirits to alight, Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1