station

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It would depend upon their station in the world Well, suppose their station were about my station--and my lord's You," said Frau Brandt, with a chuckle of contentment, swaying her white-bonneted head.

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  1. noun A place or position where a person or thing stands or is assigned to stand; a post: a sentry station.
  2. noun An area where a person is assigned to work.
  3. noun The place, building, or establishment from which a service is provided or operations are directed: a police station.

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  • Poor Flora liked the country, even if the spot had nothing more to recommend it than its retired character Now and then Captain Anthony ran down; but as the station was a real wayside one, with no early morning trains up, he could never stay for more than the afternoon. —  Chance A Tale in Two Parts
  • This station is about half a mile south of the city, and from it a road runs up Holywell Hill, which, passing eastwards of the church, leads to the centre of the city. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric ; a Short History of the Abbey
  • From the forking to the station was a broken plain of two thousand yards. —  The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad
  • The careless trooping together at the station was the one regrettable thing, and it cost us dear. —  The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad
  • 11:14). And the likeness of this station is as that of lamps kindled (from one another): for these in respect to their glasses and oil-holders, are different, but in respect to their light, One, and in respect to their illumination, One; nay, each one is identical with the other, without imputation of plurality, or diversity or multiplicity or separateness. —  Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English stacioun, from Old French station, from Latin statiō, statiōn-; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English stacion, from Old French station, stacion, estaçon, estachon, estaisun, etc., French station = Spanish estacion = Portuguese estação = Italian stazione = D. G. Swedish Danish station, from Latin statio(n-), a standing, place of standing, station, a post, abode, dwelling, position, office, etc., from stare, stand: see state, stand.
  2. from station, n.
 

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