| NOUN | artifact | station | a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose |
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| state | station, place | proper or designated social situation | |
| location | station | (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty | |
| location | station, post | the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand | |
| attribute | station | the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station | |
| VERB | competition | station, post, send, place | assign to a station / station |
| Sounds | stey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | broadcasting station, broadcast station | A station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs |
| fire station, firehouse | A station housing fire / 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 station, police headquarters, station house | A station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district | |
| power station, power plant, 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 | |
| terminal, terminus, depot | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | |
| Broader | facility, installation | A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry |
| Spanish | estación | |
| Catalan | estació | |
| Meaning | Proper or designated social situation. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | place | |
| Narrower | niche | A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it |
| Broader | social station, social status, social rank, rank | Position in a social hierarchy |
| Spanish | condición, posición, puesto | |
| Catalan | condició, posició | |
| Meaning | (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty. | |
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| Category | navy, naval forces | An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare |
| Broader | position, place | The particular portion of space occupied by something |
| Verbs | station | assign to a station / station |
| Meaning | The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand. | |
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| Example | "a sentry station" | |
| Synonym | post | |
| Narrower | bridgehead | A defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy |
| lookout, observation post | An elevated post affording a wide view | |
| outstation, outpost | A station in a remote or sparsely populated location | |
| Broader | position, place | The particular portion of space occupied by something |
| Spanish | puesto | |
| Catalan | posta | |
| Verbs | station | assign to a station / station |
| Meaning | The frequency assigned to a broadcasting station. | |
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| Broader | radio frequency | An electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared |
| Meaning | Assign to a station / station. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | post, send, place | |
| Narrower | fort | station (troops / troops) in a fort / fort |
| garrison | station (troops) in a fort / fort or garrison | |
| locate, place, site | Assign a location to | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | apostar, colocar, situar | |
| Catalan | apostar, col·locar, situar | |
| Nouns | station | the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand |
| station | (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty | |
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