[ˈsteɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off
(e.g: we walked back to the station and caught the train back to Brussels)

- a place or building where a specified activity or service is based
(e.g: a research station in the rainforest)

- a company involved in broadcasting of a specified kind
(e.g: a radio station)

- the place where someone or something stands or is placed on military or other duty
(e.g: the lookout resumed his station in the bow)

- a site at which a particular species, especially an interesting or rare one, grows or is found



Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): via Old French from Latin statio(n-), from stare ‘to stand’. Early use referred generally to ‘position’, especially ‘position in life, status’, and specifically, in ecclesiastical use, to ‘a holy place of pilgrimage (visited as one of a succession’). The verb dates from the late 16th century

[ˈsteɪʃn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one
(e.g: troops were stationed in the town)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): via Old French from Latin statio(n-), from stare ‘to stand’. Early use referred generally to ‘position’, especially ‘position in life, status’, and specifically, in ecclesiastical use, to ‘a holy place of pilgrimage (visited as one of a succession’). The verb dates from the late 16th century