station

1. A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose (synset 104313218)
   "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station"
   is a type of: facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
   subtypes:

   • broadcast station, broadcasting station - a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs
   • fire station, firehouse - a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
   • first-aid station - a station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained
   • observation station - a station set up for making observations of something
   • police headquarters, police station, station house - a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
   • power plant, power station, powerhouse - an electrical generating station
   • service station - a station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles
   • substation - a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network
   • depot, terminal, terminus - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
2. Proper or designated social situation (synset 113970825)
   "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
   is a type of: rank, social rank, social station, social status - position in a social hierarchy
   subtypes: niche - a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
   same as: place
3. (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty (synset 108674221)
   referred to in: naval forces, navy - an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
   is a type of: place, position - the particular portion of space occupied by something
4. The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand (synset 108641960)
   "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
   is a type of: place, position - the particular portion of space occupied by something
   subtypes:

   • bridgehead - a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
   • lookout, observation post - an elevated post affording a wide view
   • outpost, outstation - a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
   same as: post
5. The frequency assigned to a broadcasting station (synset 105064212)
   is a type of: radio frequency - an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared

1. Assign to a station (synset 201091334)
   is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
   subtypes:

   • garrison - station (troops) in a fort or garrison
   • fort - station (troops) in a fort
   • locate, place, site - assign a location to
   same as: place, post, send

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