Synonyms: station
Definition: a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
Usage: he started looking for a gas station; the train pulled into the station
Similar words: facility, installation
Definition: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Usage: the assembly plant is an enormous facility
Synonyms: station
Definition: the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
Similar words: radio frequency
Definition: an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared
Definition: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
Usage: a soldier manned the entrance post; a sentry station
Similar words: position, place
Definition: the particular portion of space occupied by something
Usage: he put the lamp back in its place
Synonyms: station
Definition: (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
Similar words: position, place
Definition: the particular portion of space occupied by something
Usage: he put the lamp back in its place
Definition: proper or designated social situation
Usage: he overstepped his place; the responsibilities of a man in his station; married above her station
Similar words: rank, social rank, social station, social status
Definition: position in a social hierarchy
Usage: the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
Synonyms: station, send, place, post
Definition: assign to a station
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant