[count] 1 : a place where buses, trains, etc., regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off
▪ They drove him to the bus/train station. ▪ a subway station — see also way station 2 : a place where someone does a job or waits for a task
▪ The waiters were at their stations in the dining room. ▪ a nurse's/nursing station [=an office area for the nurses working in a hospital] ▪ The sailors were ordered to man their battle stations. ▪ After joining the army, he spent five years at his first station. [=post] 3 old-fashioned : a person's social or official position in relation to others : rank
▪ He had married above his station. ▪ They were aware of her station in life. 4 : a building, area, etc., where a certain kind of work or activity is done
▪ a research/space/weather station ▪ a computer station ▪ a feeding station for livestock 5 : a place that provides a certain kind of service to the public
▪ A firefighter led the children on a tour of the station. [=fire station] ▪ She stopped for gas at the first station [=(US) gas station, (Brit) petrol station] she saw. ▪ Officers brought him to the station [=police station] for questioning. 6 : a company that makes radio or television broadcasts
▪ He turned to his favorite sports station. ▪ What station is the game on? ; also : the building from which radio or television broadcasts are made
▪ Our offices are located next door to a TV station. 7 : a farm or ranch in Australia or New Zealand
▪ a sheep station