## Meanings
1. A place where trains or buses stop so passengers can get on and off.
2. A building or place set up for a particular service or purpose.
3. A place where people such as police or firefighters are based.
4. To send someone to a particular place to do a job.

## Examples
- The next station is Esperanza.
- They stopped at a gas station to fill up the car.
- The police station is opposite the fire station.
- The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.

## Synonyms
- affix
- anchor
- appoint
- base
- deploy
- deposit
- embed
- establish
- fix
- graft
- imbed
- install

## Antonyms
- displace
- remove

## Derived Forms
- misstation
- restation

## Related Forms
- move

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *steh₂-
- Root: stacioun
- Root: estation
- Root: statiōnem

## Etymology
From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).

## AI Etymology
Station is from Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand). In present-day use, it can mean a place where trains or buses stop so passengers can get on and off, or a building or place set up for a particular service or purpose.

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- Transportation

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